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Adolph died in 1394 and was succeeded in Cleves by another of his sons, Adolph. Cleves and Marck were reunited again 4 years later, when Dietrich died and was succeeded by Adolph IV. Father of Adolph I, 1st Duke of Cleves: Margaret of Jülich (c. 1350 – 10 October 1425)
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.
W.439, Hours of Duke Adolph of Cleves Abstract. 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).
Graefenthal Abbey. Maintained by: Plantagenet Crown Dynasty. Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides. Added: May 3, 2015. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 145970086. Source citation. Duke of Cleves∼Also known as Count Adolf IV von der Mark and Adolf I von Ravenstein. First Duke of Cleves.
Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves. Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393 – 30 October 1466) was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, [1] and an elder sister of Philip the Good. [2] Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1406. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417.
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.
Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of John the Fearless, married Adolph I, of the House of Cleves, who was raised to the status of a duke and a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1417 by Sigismund. Sigismund's order was particularly inspired from the Order of Saint George, founded in 1326, by Charles I of Hungary, who was the grandfather of Sigismund’s first wife, Mary of Hungary.
