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Willem VI von Jülich (van Gulik en Berg), Herzög von Jülich

Dutch: Willem VI van Gulik en Berg, Herzög von Jülich
Also Known As: "Wilhelm V von Jülich"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Julich, Rheinland, Prussia
Death: February 26, 1361 (61-62)
Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Gerhard V, Count of Jülich and Elisabeth II van Brabant Aarschot
Husband of Jeanne, Countess of Hainaut & Duchess of Julich and Aleidis Hoen
Father of Wilhelm VIII, Duke of Jülich; Johanna van Gulik; Richardis van Gulik; Isabella "Elizabeth" de D'abrichecourt; Gerhard VI von Jülich, Graf von Berg und Ravensberg and 2 others
Brother of Johan, Herzog von Jülich; Heinrich, Herzog von Jülich; Gottfried von Jülich, lord of Bergheim; Ludwig, Herzog von Jülich; Maria von Jülich and 3 others

Occupation: Herzog von Jülich, Graaf, Markgraaf en Hertog van Gulik, graaf van Valkenburg, Hertog Willem I van Gulik
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About Wilhelm I, Herzög von Jülich; Willem VI van Gulik en Berg

Wilhelm.comte, puis Markgraf puis enfin Herzog (Duc) von Jülich (cinquième du nom) est connu sous le nom de Guillaume de Juliers en français, et de van Gulik en néerlandais.

Il est le fils du comte Gérard V de Juliers et Elizabeth de Brabant-Arschott.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V,_Duke_of_J%C3%BClich

William V, Duke of Jülich (c.  1299 – 25/26 February 1361) was a German nobleman. Some authors call him William I, because he was the first Duke of Jülich; the earlier Williams had been Count of Jülich. Other authors call the subject of this article "William VI"; they count the son and co-ruler of William IV as William V.

William V was a key political figure of his time, being a brother-in-law to both Edward III of England and Emperor Ludwig IV. He spent enormous sums of money to have his brother Walram of Jülich appointed as Archbishop of Cologne over Adolph II of the Marck. In 1337 he was crucially involved in the German-English alliance which caused the start of the Hundred Years' War. William was an important supporter of Emperor Ludwig and for a time, he supported the Habsburgs against the House of Luxembourg in the Carinthian war of succession. Upon the collapse of the German-English alliance and the death of his brother-in-law, William switched his allegiance to Emperor Charles IV. In 1352 he initiated an inheritance tax on Heinsberg-Valkenburg/Monschau. William won important positions through his Archbishop brother and also served for a time as a field captain for Flanders in the Hundred Years' War. His sons fought against him during an uprising of part of the Jülich knighthood which opposed inclusion in the increasing territorial state, and he was imprisoned by them in 1349, but released in 1351 due to public pressure.

Upon his father's death in 1328, William became Count of Jülich. In 1336 William was appointed Margrave by his brother-in-law, Emperor Ludwig IV, and in 1356/57 he was raised to the level of Duke by Emperor Charles IV, thus becoming the first Duke of Jülich. His skillful marriage policy, especially the marriage of his son Gerhard to Margaret of Ravensberg, heiress of Berg and Ravensberg, enabled him to add territory to the house of Jülich. Upon William's death in 1361, the Duchy of Jülich passed to his second son, William, his eldest son having predeceased. William and his wife are buried in Nideggen.

He seems to have held the title of Earl of Cambridge from 1340 to his death.

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Wilhelm I, Herzög von Jülich; Willem VI van Gulik en Berg's Timeline

1299
1299
Julich, Rheinland, Prussia
1322
1322
1327
1327
Julich Rheinland Prusia, Jülich, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1328
1328
Juelich, Rheinland, Preussen
1330
1330
Jülich, Germany
1331
1331
Jülich, Germany
1331
Jülich, Germany
1335
1335
Julich (Rheinland) Prussia
1361
February 26, 1361
Age 62
Germany