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Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. House of La Marck. Born: 2 August 1373 Died: 23 September 1448. Preceded by. Dietrich IX, Count of Mark. Count of Mark. 1398–1448/ de facto 1430. Succeeded by. Gerhard, Count of Mark.
Duke of Cleves∼Also known as Count Adolf IV von der Mark and Adolf I von Ravenstein. First Duke of Cleves. Son of Adolf I. von Kleve and Margarethe von Berg
House of La Marck-Bouillon. Lords of Arenberg and Sedan. Dukes of Bouillon. Princes of Sedan. Issued from Eberhard, younger son of Engelbert II, Count of Mark. House of Cleves-Ravenstein. Lords of Ravenstein, Wijnendale. and Enghien. Issued from Adolph, 2nd son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves.
In 1521 Jülich, Berg, Cleves and Mark formed the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Anne of Cleves (1515–57), Queen Consort of England in 1540, was a daughter of Duke John III. When the last duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg died issueless in 1609, a war broke out for the succession. The duchy was divided between Palatinate-Neuburg (Jülich ...
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 I. Adolph I may refer to: Adolf, King of Germany (c. 1255–1298), King of Germany from 1292 until 1298. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307–1370) 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 Mecklenburg (1588 ...
William of Jülich-Cleves-Berge (William I of Cleves, William V of Jülich-Berg) ( German: Wilhelm der Reiche; 28 July 1516 – 5 January 1592) was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592). William was born in and died in Düsseldorf. He was the only son of John III, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg. [1] William took over rule of his father's estates (the ...
