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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 the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
John (1490–1539), succeeded as Duke of Cleves and Count of the Marck Anna (1495–1567), married in 1518 with count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg [5] Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale , as his successor, but died before Philip did in 1528
This Book of Hours was completed in the 1480s for Adolph, duke of Cleves, count of La Mack, lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale (1425-92), and member of the entourage of the dukes of Burgundy until 1477 and thereafter in a position of personal trust under Archduke Maximilian, husband of Mary of Burgundy (d. 1482).
Influence. At the death of Adolph of Cleves in 1448, his son John I of Cleves succeeded him. Mary retired to Monterberg Castle [de; eo; fr], near Kalkar.Returning from a trip to the Middle East in 1449, John visited the Benedictine monastery of Bologna and decided with his mother to found a similar monastery in Kalkar, which would be built to house a dozen monks.
2 de jul. de 2021 · By the Treaty of Xanten (in Cleves) of November 1614, the United Duchies were divided, mostly amongst religious lines, between the heirs of the last Duke’s sisters: Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg went to the Protestant Elector of Brandenburg, son-in-law and heir of Maria Eleanora of Cleves, Duchess of Prussia; and Jülich and Berg to the Catholic Count Palatine of Neuburg, son of Anna of Cleves.
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.
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.
