Jülich-Berg (Chaos)

Jülich(-Berg) was a county (later duchy) in. In 1376 the last count of Berg, died, and his lands were united with Jülich.

During the, 1493, the former monk who read a bit too much about the Roman republic during his time as library assistant in the monastery, started as a "soap box preacher", declared the "" (republic of the Rhine), which was soon defeated by the duke of Jülich-Berg, however. Thus, he acquired the electorate of quite peacefully, and would control the bishop of Cologne from now on.

Since 1553, the successors of had to govern the duchy together, which wasn't always easy. In 1638, had to be removed from government by his relatives.

After the, Jülich-Berg felt more and more threatened by , so in 1682, they voted for of.

Under, the country joined the , which brought the country to its end - it was annexed by France.