Matilda of Hesse

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Noble family House of Hesse Mother Anna of Katzenelnbogen		Name Matilda Hesse Spouse John II, Duke of Cleves
Father Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Born 4 July 1473 Blankenstein ( 1473-07-04 ) Role Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse's daughter Died February 19, 1505, Cologne, Germany Parents Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Cousins William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse, William II, Landgrave of Hesse Grandparents Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse, Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse Uncles Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Mathilde of Hesse (4 July 1473 in Blankenstein – 19 February 1505 in Cologne) was the daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse (1441-1483) and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443-1494).

Marriage and issue

She married on 3 November 1489 in Soest to John II, Duke of Cleves, nicknamed "the Babymaker" (1458-1521). He was son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. John and Mathilde had three children:

John (1490–1539), succeeded as Duke of Cleves and Count of the Marck

Anna (1495–1567), married in 1518 with count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale, as his successor, but died before Philip did in 1528

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