West-Europese adel » Helena van Kleef (1423-1471)

Personal data Helena van Kleef 

  • She was born on August 18, 1423.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (February 12, 1435) below 16 years (11).

  • She died on July 3, 1471, she was 47 years old.
  • A child of Adolf I Hertog van Kleef and Maria van Valois
  • This information was last updated on November 3, 2006.

Household of Helena van Kleef

She is married to Hendrik (de Friedfertige) Vorst van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel.

They got married on February 12, 1435, she was 11 years old.


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Birthday August 18, 1423

  • Gravin Jacoba (Beiers Huis) was from 1417 till 1433 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1423: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 31 » Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.

Day of marriage February 12, 1435

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1435: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 13 » Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
    • September 21 » The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.

Day of death July 3, 1471

  • Graaf Karel I de Stoute (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1467 till 1477 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1471: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 14 » In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
    • May 4 » Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
    • October 10 » Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.


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