Regents of Gelderland

The predecessor to the Dutch province of Gelderland was the duchy of Geldern, which evolved from the county of Wassenberg. Geldern was originally restricted to an area that today is located in the Dutch province of Limburg, but Gerard II acquired Zutphen through marriage and Otto and Gerard III united Veluwe and Betuwe with Geldern, which thereafter comprised a large area in the central Netherlands. The Dutch revolt in the 16^th century meant that Geldern was divided, the original Geldern now called Obergeldern remained under Habsburg control while the other parts were transformed into the Dutch province of Gelderland. Most of Obergeldern became Prussian in 1715 but it was reunited with the Netherlands 1815.

County of Wassenberg

1033-1042 1042-1052 1052-1058 1053-1082 1082-1096	Gerard I Gerard II Gerard III Dirk van de Velue Gerard IV
County of Geldern
1096-1129 1129-1141 1141-1182 1182-1207 1207-1229 1229-1271 1271-1318 1318-1339	Gerard I (same as above) Gerard II Hendrik Otto Gerard III Otto II Reinald I Reinald II
Duchy of Geldern
1339-1343 1343-1361 1361-1371 1371 1371-1379 1371-1379 1371-1372 1371-1402 1402-1423 1423-1465 1465-1471 1471-1473	Reinald II (same as above) Reinald III Eduard Reinald III (restored) War over the succession Machteld (Matilda) Jan Willem I Reinald IV Arnold Adolf Arnold (restored)
1473-1477 1477-1482 1482-1492	Karel de Stoute (the Bold) Maria Filips de Schone (the Fair)
1492-1538 1538-1543 1543-1555 1555-1581	Karel van Egmont Willem II van Gulik Karel (V) Filips II

Joined the United Netherlands 1581