Eberhard I, Count of the Mark

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Noble family House of La Marck Died 1308 Grandchildren Adolph II of the Marck		Name Eberhard Count Children Engelbert II of the Mark
Spouse(s) Irmgard of Berg Mary of Loon Father Engelbert I, Count of the Mark Mother Cunigonde of Blieskastel Parents Engelbert I, Count of the Mark Grandparents Adolf I, Count of the Mark Great-grandparents Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena

Eberhard I (c. 1255–1308) was a German nobleman. He was Count of the Mark from 1277 until his death. He was the son of Engelbert I, Count of the Mark en Cunigonde of Blieskastel.

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In 1277, Count Herman of Lohn abducted Eberhard's father Count Engelbert I, Count of the Mark near Tecklenburg and imprisoned him in the Castle of Bredevoort, where he later died. In 1278 Eberhard took revenge and conquered the castle.

Eberhard also participated in the alliance against the Electorate of Cologne and gained the independence of the County of Mark from the Archbishop of Cologne after the victory in the Battle of Worringen in 1288. He also obtained Brakel, Westhofen and Waltrop.

Marriage and children

Eberhard married with:

Irmgard of Berg († 1294), daughter of Adolf VII of Berg

Mary of Loon, daughter of Arnold V of Loon, and had:

Margaret, married in 1299 Gerard of Katzenelnbogen († 1312)

Cunigonde, married in 1320 Diederich of Heinsberg-Blankenburg († 1361)

Irmgard

Engelbert II (1275–1328)

Koenraad († 1353), married Elisabeth of Cleves.

Catharine, abbess of Froendenberg

Adolph II of La Marck, Prince-bishop of Liège († 1344)

Richarda, married John III of Reifferscheidt-Bedburg

Johanna, married Philip IV of Reifferscheidt-Wildenberg

Engelbert I, lord of Loverdal

References

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