Spouse(s) Margaret of Geulders Mother Aleidis von Heinsberg | Noble family House of Cleves Died 1305 | |
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Father Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves Parents Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves Children Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves, Otto, Count of Cleves Grandchildren Margaret of Cleves, Countess of the Marck, Irmgard of Cleves Grandparent Dietrich V, Count of Cleves People also search for Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves | ||
Dietrich VII (1256–1305) was Count of Cleves from 1275 through 1305. He was the son of Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves and his wife Aleidis von Heinsberg.
The County of Cleves (German: Grafschaft Kleve; Dutch: Graafschap Kleef) was a comital polity of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany (part of North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands (parts of Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Gelderland). Its rulers, called counts, had a special and privileged standing in the Empire. The County of Cleves was first mentioned in the 11th century. In 1417, the county became a duchy (German: Herzogtum Kleve; Dutch: Hertogdom Kleef) and its rulers were raised to the status of Dukes.
Its history is closely related to that of its neighbours: the Duchies of Jülich, Berg and Guelders and the County of Mark. In 1368, Cleves and Mark were united. In 1521 Jülich, Berg, Cleves and Mark formed the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. The territory was situated on both sides of the river Rhine, around its capital Cleves and roughly covering today's districts of Cleves, Wesel and the city of Duisburg.
Marriage and Issue
In 1260, Dietrich married Margaret of Guelders (d. 1281), daughter of Otto II, Count of Guelders. They had three children:
His second marriage was to Margaret of Habsburg, daughter of Everhard I of Kiburg-Laufenburg. Their children were: