What is Guelders?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''{{lang|nl|Hertogdom Gelre}}'' <small>([[Dutch language|nl]])</small><br>''{{lang|de|Herzogtum Geldern}}'' <small>([[German language|de]])</small> |conventional_long_name = Duchy of Guelders |common_name = Guelders | |continent = Europe |region = Low Countries |country = Netherlands, Germany |era = Middle Ages, Renaissance |status = Vassal |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Principality | |year_start = 1096 |year_end = 1795 |life_span = | |event_start = [[Gerard I, Count of Guelders|Gerard I]] first<br>{{spaces|3}}Count of Guelders |date_start = |event1 = Raised to duchy |date_event1 = 1339 |event2 = Held by [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich]] |date_event2 = 1393-1423 |event3 = Acquired by [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] |date_event3 = 1473 |event4 = Lower Quarters to<br>{{spaces|3}}[[Dutch Republic]] |date_event4 = 1581 |event_end = Annexed by [[French First Republic|France]] |date_end = | |p1 = Lower Lorraine |image_p1 = |s1 = French First Republic |flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg | |image_flag = <!--- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg ---> |image_coat = Gelre-4 wapen.svg |image_map = Low Countries Locator Gelre.svg |image_map_caption = Duchy of Guelders with Gelderland, about 1477 | |capital = [[Geldern]] | |footnotes = <!--- Accepts wikilinks ---> }} {{about|the historical county and duchy of Guelders|other meanings|Gelderland}} '''Guelders''' or '''Gueldres''' ({{lang-nl|Gelre}}, {{lang-de|Geldern}}) is the name of a historical county. This became a duchy (''lands ruled by a duke or duchess'') of the [[Holy R