Town · County of Guelders and Zutphen · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Arnhem

The count's place on the Rhine at the foot of the Veluwe, with his mint (Arnhem pennies since 1117).

Who holds it

Name
Count Otto I of Guelders
Title
Lord of the town
Confidence
medium

Lord in 1200

Count Otto I of Guelders

How things stand that morning

The count's.

Charter

None yet (1233, Count Otto II)

Trade and crafts

Rhine trade; the count's mint

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Mint date from the German Wikipedia.

Primary sources for Guelders

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • Annals of Egmond (12th century to about 1205). The house annals of Egmond, the counts of Holland's abbey, and the main native source for Holland around 1200. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. Grafschaft Geldern (de.wikipedia)

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