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Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg Blankenburg

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Mother
  
Marie of Burgundy

Name
  
Elisabeth Cleves,


Died
  
March 1488

Spouse(s)
  
Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

Father
  
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves

Role
  
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves' daughter

Children
  
Hendrik XXVII van Schwarzburg

Parents
  
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves

Grandparents
  
John the Fearless, Margaret of Bavaria, Margaret of Julich, Adolf III of the Marck

People also search for
  
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves, Maria of Cleves

Great-grandparents
  
Philip the Bold

Elisabeth of Cleves was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves. She married Count Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, on July 15, 1434.

Children

Together, they had eleven children:

  • Günther XXXVI (July 8, 1439 – Rudolstadt, December 30, 1503);
  • Henry XXVII (November 13, 1440 – December 14, 1496), Archbishop of Bremen;
  • Catherine (February 2, 1442 – November 9, 1484), married Busso VII of Mansfeld and Sigmund I of Gleichen-Tonna;
  • Günther XXXVII (June 8, 1443);
  • Henry XXVIII (January 8, 1447 – Bremen, 1481), Canon in Cologne and Mainz;
  • Günther XXXVIII (Rudolstadt, 1450 – Bremen, November 29, 1484) married Catherine of Querfurt and Anna of Gleichen;
  • Henry XXIX (August 10, 1452 – March 31, 1499), Canon at Hildesheim;
  • Günther XXXIX (May 30, 1455 – Arnstadt, August 8, 1521), married Amalia of Mansfeld;
  • Heinrich XXX (December 31, 1456 – Arnstadt, June 12, 1522), Canon in Strasbourg and Jechasburg;
  • Maria (June 16, 1458);
  • Mary (November 4, 1459 – December 1459).

    • References

    Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg Wikipedia
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