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    Adolph I of Cleves (German: Adolf I) (2 August 1373 – 23 September 1448) was the second Count of Cleves and the fourth Count of Mark. He was the son of...
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    son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy. He was raised in Brussels at the Burgundian court of his uncle Philip the Good. He ruled Cleves from...
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    1394–1448 Adolph I, Duke of Cleves 1448–1481 John I, son of Adolph I 1481–1521 John II the Pious, son of John I 1521–1539 John III the Peaceful, son of John...
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    John III, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark (German: Johann III der Friedfertige; 10 November 1490 – 6 February 1539), known as John the Peaceful, was...
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    Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (1425–1492) was the youngest son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, and of his wife Marie of Burgundy, a sister of Philip...
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    April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called...
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    William of Jülich-Cleves-Berge (William I of Cleves, William V of Jülich-Berg), known as William the Rich (German: Wilhelm der Reiche; 28 July 1516 –...
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    German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Mary of Burgundy. Marie was a patron of letters and commissioned many works;...
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    second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1406. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417. They were the grandparents of King Louis XII of France and...
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    of her spouse in 1450. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves was commissioned for her. Catherine was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of...
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    Margaret of Cleves (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife...
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  • Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448) Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (died 1473) Adolf I, Count of the Mark (c. 1194–1249) Adolf Frederick I, Duke of...
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    France in 1440, Charles married Marie of Cleves in Saint-Omer (daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves) and niece of Philip the Good, who had arranged his...
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    Agnes of Cleves (1422–1448) was a daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves, daughter of John the Fearless...
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    Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (as Adolph II) in 1363, the Count of Cleves (as Adolph I) from 1368 to 1394, and the Count of Mark (as Adolph III) from 1391...
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    daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. She died two years afterwards, at just 16. Poisoning at the hand of the Duke has...
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    second marriage in 1394 in Heusden with Margaret of Cleves (c. 1375 – 1412), sister of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, but they had no children. He died in The Hague...
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    married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves Margaret (1393–1442, Paris); married on 30 August 1404 Louis of Valois the Dauphin (heir of king Charles VI of France);...
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  • Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only...
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    years later to his son-in-law Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, as part of the dowry on his marriage to John's daughter Mary of Burgundy, the elder. In 1463 the...
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  • Elisabeth of Cleves was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves. She married Count Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg...
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    remarried to her cousin, Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale (1425–1492). He was the younger son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448) and his...
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    needed] Renée was married in April 1528 to Ercole II, Duke of Ferrara, eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia. By this marriage, she became...
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    (1373–1448), Duke of Cleves from 1417 Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich (1416–1444) Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders (1417–1479) John I (1419–1481)...
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  • Margaret of Ravensberg, heiress of Berg and Ravensberg. Grandfather of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. William II, Duke of Jülich, married Maria of Guelders...
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  • September 23 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373) October – Carlo II Tocco, ruler of Epirus October 12 – Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning, Chinese military commander...
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    of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves. In the battle of succession for Guelders, he imprisoned in 1465 his own father and became Duke with...
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    read on an inscription above the entrance of the Swan Tower, which was installed by Adolph I, Duke of Cleves after the tower was rebuilt. The knight's...
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    Touraine (in the modern French department of Loir-et-Cher). The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves. His father was almost seventy years old...
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    of France, the future Duke of Brittany Catherine (d. 1414, Ghent) Mary (d. 30 October 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar), married Adolph I, Duke of Cleves Philip...
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