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The Duchy of Cleves, which roughly covered today's districts of Kleve, Wesel and Duisburg, was united with the Duchy of Mark in 1368, was made a duchy itself in 1417, then united with the neighboring duchies of Jülich and Berg in 1521, when John III, Duke of Cleves, married Mary, heiress of Jülich-Berg-Ravenburg. Cleves in the 17th century
John was the son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy. [1] He was raised in Brussels at the Burgundian court of his uncle Philip the Good. He ruled Cleves from 1448 from 1481, and Mark since 1461 after the death of his uncle Gerhard who had waged war on his own brother. John fought 3 wars with the Electorate of Cologne and finally ...
Wilhelm (William) of Cleves is the Duke of Cleves (one of the German States) and a wealthy member of the Protestant League. He is also brother to Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England. His residence is the vast Swan Castle in western Germany. William becomes Henry's ally for a brief period late in Season Three, when England is threatened with the possibility of Spain and France ...
Anne of Cleves (born September 22, 1515—died July 16, 1557, London, England) was the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.Henry married Anne because he believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, duke of Cleves, who was a leader of the Protestants of western Germany.
Helen (1423–1471) married on 12 February 1436 Henry "the Peaceful", Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c. 1411–1473) Adolph (1425–1492) [1] married on 13 May 1453, to Beatrice of Portugal (1435–1462), daughter of Peter, Duke of Coimbra. Mary (1426–1487) married Charles, Duke of Orléans; became parents of Louis XII, King of France.
21 de ene. de 2020 · Like each of the wives of Henry VIII, as well as Henry himself, Anne could claim descent from England's King Edward I. Father: John III "the Peaceful," Duke of Cleves (died 1538) (he was a descendant of "John the Fearless," Duke of Burgundy) Mother: Maria of Jülich-Berg. Brother: William "the Rich," Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
Other articles where John William, Duke of Cleves-Jülich is discussed: history of Europe: The crisis in Germany: …William, the childless duke of Cleves-Jülich, in March 1609. His duchies, occupying a strategic position in the Lower Rhineland, had both Protestant and Catholic subjects, but both of the main claimants to the inheritance were Protestants; under the cuius regio principle, their ...
