Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
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Adolph III, Count of Mark | |
Mother | Margaret of Jülich |
Adolph I of Cleves (
Count of Mark
.
Life
He was the son of
Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Jülich (and thus the brother of Margaret of Cleves
).
After his father's death in 1394, he became
William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg in the battle of Kleverhamm and became Lord of Ravenstein
.
When his brother
Count of Mark. Adolph further expanded his influence by marrying a daughter of the Duke of Burgundy. As a result, Cleves was raised to a Duchy by the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund
, in 1417.
From 1409 onwards he faced opposition from his younger brother Gerhard, who claimed the County of Mark. By 1423, their dispute resulted in an armed conflict, with Gerhard allying himself with the Archbishop of Cologne.
A peace was signed between the two brothers in 1430 and confirmed in 1437. As a result, Gerhard ruled the largest part of Mark, but was to be succeeded by his nephew John. He was not allowed to call himself Count of Mark, but has to use the title Count zur Mark. After Gerhard's death in 1461, the County of Mark and the Duchy of Cleves were reunited again.
Marriage and children
Shortly before the year 1400 he married Agnes, daughter of
Rupert of Germany and Elisabeth of Nuremberg
. Agnes died a year later with no issue.In 1406 Adolf married They had the following issue:
- Margarethe (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444) married as her first husband William III, Duke of Bavaria on 11 May 1433; and as her second husband Ulrich V, Count of Württembergon 29 January 1441
- Guelders, on 23 July 1423
- John (1419–1481), succeeded as Duke of Cleves[1]
- Schwarzburg-Blankenburg(1418–1488)
- Helen (1423–1471) married on 12 February 1436 Brunswick-Lüneburg(c. 1411–1473)
- Peter, Duke of Coimbra
- Louis XII, King of France
Ancestry
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References
- stirnet.com Accessed September 9, 2007
- ^ a b c Boulton 2000, p. 577.
Sources
- Boulton, D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre (2000). The Knights of the Crown: The Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later. The Boyell Press.