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through marriage. These acquired a comital title and in 1431 had Anholt recognized by King
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occupied Anholt, as the
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in 1975. The
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158:• Inherited by
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978:Delmenhorst
849:Tecklenburg
713:East Frisia
613:East Frisia
363:under Duke
346:Bronckhorst
192:Preceded by
147:Bronckhorst
96:Middle Ages
86:Low Rhenish
1159:Categories
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988:Schaumburg
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854:Virneburg
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635:Luxemburg
505:Paderborn
500:OsnabrĂĽck
400:Salm-Salm
354:Reichstag
304:Isselburg
294:state of
270:Geography
43:1169–1802
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937:Reckheim
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729:Guelders
700:Diepholz
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599:Arenberg
361:Guelders
308:Guelders
67:Lordship
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1065:Warburg
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907:Gimborn
873:Zutphen
814:Pyrmont
786:Hadamar
705:Drenthe
591:Secular
561:Herford
510:Utrecht
495:MĂĽnster
472:Cambrai
383:of the
322:History
290:in the
72:Capital
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1057:Verden
1032:Aachen
1024:Cities
969:Status
952:Wittem
892:Anholt
776:Nassau
750:Lingen
668:Counts
658:Verden
643:Minden
618:JĂĽlich
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551:Corvey
518:Verden
490:Minden
480:Corvey
381:Geuzen
310:, the
292:German
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64:Status
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998:Lippe
993:Hesse
902:Gemen
768:Moers
755:Lippe
737:Horne
672:Lords
648:Moers
606:with
576:Thorn
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485:Liège
134:Gemen
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