Maria of Jülich-Berg
Maria of Jülich-Berg | |
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Duchess of Jülich-Berg | |
Nordrhein-Westfalen , Germany | |
Died | 29 August 1543
(aged 52) Büderich, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |
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Father | William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg |
Mother | Sibylle of Brandenburg |
Maria of Jülich-Berg (3 August 1491 – 29 August 1543) was the Duchess of Jülich-Berg, as the daughter of
Early life
Duchess Maria was born on 3 August 1491 in
In 1496, at the age of 5, Duchess Maria was betrothed to the 6-year-old Duke of Cleves, John.[1][2]
Duchess
They married in 1509. Maria's estates and titles were then merged with the Duchy of Cleves. The marriage resulted in the Cleves Union, in which the Duchies of Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg and Cleves-Mark were combined to form the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
When her father died in 1511 Maria, being female, could not inherit, and Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg fell to her husband John III through her. At the request of Maria and John II, who resided in Cleves, Maria's mother Sibylle acted as governor of Jülich-Berg during this period.[3] John, who inherited the Duchy of Cleves-Mark in 1521, then became the first ruler of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, which would exist until 1666.
Maria was a traditional
Death
Maria died on 29 August 1543 of unspecified causes.
Gallery
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Maria of Jülich-Berg and her husband, John III, Duke of Cleves.
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Maria of Jülich-Berg, with her daughters Anne (In yellow), and Amalia (In red).
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Donor stained glass portrait of Maria of Jülich-Berg at Mariawald Abbey.
Issue
Maria, and her husband John III had three daughters and a son between 1512, and 1517. They were:
Name | Portrait | Lifespan | Notes |
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Sibylle electress consort of Saxony. |
17 January 1512 – 21 February 1554 |
Married John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, the eldest son of Elector John by his first wife, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Had issue. | |
Anne Queen of England. |
28 June or 22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557 |
Married Henry VIII of England . The marriage wasn't consummated, and was annulled six months later.
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William Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. |
28 July 1516 – 5 January 1592 |
Married twice;
Firstly to Margaret of Valois-Angoulême , but this political marriage was later annulled by papal dispensation on 1545.
Secondly to Anna of Bohemia and Hungary , and had issue.
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Amalia princess of the House of La Marck. |
17 October 1517 – 1 March 1586 |
Never married, and died without issue. |
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 38.
- ^ Darsie, Heather R. (2020-02-06). "Death of Johann III of Cleves and Ascension of Wilhelm V: Anna of Cleves' Future Changes". Maidens and Manuscripts: Taking a fresh look at people and events from 1347 to 1625, with a focus on women and illuminated manuscripts. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ Johann F. Knapp: Regenten- und Volks-Geschichte der Länder Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg und Ravensberg , Becker, 1836, p. 512
- ISBN 9781445677101.
- ISBN 9781445677101.
- ^ a b Antonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII (Vintage Books, 1993), Chapter: Anne of Cleves
- ^ Bietenholz & Deutscher 2003, p. 316.
Sources
- Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian, eds. (2003). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. Vol. 1–3. University of Toronto Press.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.