Ancestral Trails 2016 » Johann von CLEVES I (1419-1481)

Personal data Johann von CLEVES I 

• He was born in the year 1419 in Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
• Title: Herzog Von Kleve
• He died on September 5, 1481 in Kleef, Mettmann, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, he was 62 years old.
• A child of Adolf von CLEVES and Marie de BURGUNDY

Household of Johann von CLEVES I

(1) He is married to Elizabeth de NEVERS.

They got married on April 22, 1455 at Bruges, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium, he was 36 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Engelbert de NEVERS  1462-1506 
2. Johann von CLEVES  1458-???? 

Notes about Johann von CLEVES I

John I, Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark (16 February 1419 - 5 September 1481) was Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark.

He was the 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 1448 from 1481, and Mark since 1461 after the death of his uncle Gerhard, who had waged war on his own brother.

He fought 3 wars with the Electorate of Cologne and finally defeated Ruprecht of the Palatinate, conquering the cities of Xanten and Soest. In these wars, he was supported by his uncle Philip the Good, bringing Cleves-Mark into the Burgundian sphere of influence.

His marriage with Elisabeth Countess of Nevers, from a sideline of the House of Burgundy, only strengthened this influence. He also took sides in the Münster Diocesan Feud supporting the aspirations of the House of Hoya to the episcopacy in Münster.

John was also made a Knight in the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece in 1451, with which he was depicted by Rogier van der Weyden.

In 1473 he helped the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold conquer the Duchy of Guelders.

Marriage and Children
On 22 April 1455 he married Elizabeth Countess of Nevers, daughter of John II, Count of Nevers. They had:

John II, Duke of Cleves (13 April 1458 - 15 March 1521) married 3 November 1489 Matilda of Hesse
Adolf (born:28 April 1461; died: 4 April 1498), a canon of Liege
Engelbert, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 - 21 November 1506) married 23 February 1489 Charlotte de Bourbon-Vendôme
Dietrich born 29 June1464, died young
Marie of Cleves (born: 8 August 1465; died: 7 October 1513)
Philip of Cleves, born: 1 January 1467; died: 5 March 1505), Bishop of Nevers (1500-1505), Amiens (1501-1503), and Autun (1505)
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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