Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves

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Name Marie Burgundy,
Born 1393 Dijon, France Title Duchess of Cleves; Countess of Mark Role John the Fearless' daughter Died October 30, 1466, Kalkar, Germany Spouse Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (m. 1406) Children Maria of Cleves, John I, Duke of Cleves Parents Margaret of Bavaria, John the Fearless Grandchildren Louis XII of France, Mary of Guelders Similar People John the Fearless, Charles - Duke of Orleans, Philip the Good, Louis XII of France, Philip the Bold

Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393 – 30 October 1466) was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, and an elder sister of Philip the Good. Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1406. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417. They were the grandparents of King Louis XII of France and the great-grandparents of John III, Duke of Cleves, father of Anne of Cleves, who was fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England. By their daughter, Catherine, they were ancestors of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleves lived at Wijnendale Castle in West Flanders. She died in Cleves in present-day Monterberg, Kalkar.

Issue

Margaret (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444), married first William III, Duke of Bavaria on 11 May 1433, second Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg on 29 January 1441

Catherine of Cleves (25 May 1417 – 10 February 1479); married on 23 July 1423 Arnold, Duke of Guelders, mother of Mary of Guelders, Queen consort of Scotland

John I, Duke of Cleves (1419–1481); married on 22 April 1455 Elizabeth of Nevers

Elisabeth of Cleves (1420–1488); married on 15 July 1434 Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1418–1488)

Agnes of Cleves (1422–1446); married on 30 September 1439 Charles IV, King of Navarre

Helen of Cleves (1423–1471); married on 12 February 1436 Henry "the Peaceful", Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c. 1411–1473)

Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (1425–1492); married on 13 May 1453 Beatrice of Portugal (1435–1462), daughter of Peter, Duke of Coimbra

Marie of Cleves (1426–1487); married on 27 November 1440 Charles, Duke of Orléans. Mother of Louis XII, King of France

References

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