158:
John died in 1368. After his death, the Count of the Marck could finally assert their right to inherit Cleves. Adolf succeeded as Count, her third son
Dietrich received most of the holdings on the right bank of the Rhine.
230:
147:
succeeded as Count of the Marck. After her father, Count
Dietrich VIII of Cleves, died on 7 July 1347, Margaret and her sons Engelbert III and
275:
195:
280:
171:
144:
235:
212:
118:
72:
270:
178:
260:
152:
137:
191:
148:
122:
114:
240:
265:
129:
110:
62:
202:
133:
52:
132:. In 1333, her father issued an inheritance law, which said that after his death, the
151:
tried to secure the Cleves territory. Initisally, they were supported by her cousin,
254:
143:
Adolf II, Margaret's husband, died in 1346, before her father died. Her eldest son,
136:
should fall to
Margaret and her sisters Elisabeth and Maria. His younger brother
183:
in 1381 Elisabeth of
Sponheim-Sayn (d. 1416), a daughter of Count Simon III of
245:
47:
184:
217:
Mechtild (-after 18 Oct 1390), married
Eberhard of Isenburg-Grenzau.
107:
121:
of Cleves and
Margaret of Guelders, who was a daughter of
177:
in 1354 to
Richardis of Jülich (d. 1360), a daughter of
198:
1363-1364, later Count of Cleves and Count of the Marck
155:. Nevertheless, her uncle, Count John, prevailed.
78:
68:
58:
46:
38:
25:
18:
167:Adolph and Margaret of Cleves had seven children:
231:Entry for Margaret at genealogie-mittelalter.de
208:Eberhard (1341-after 1360), priest at Münster.
140:objected, and in 1338, this law was repealed.
8:
220:Elisabeth, married Gumprecht of Heppendorf.
194:(1334 - 7 Sep 1394, Cleves), Archbishop of
174:(28 Feb 1333-Wetter 22 Dec 1391), married:
15:
205:1389, from which post he later resigned.
201:Dietrich (1336-25 May 1406), bishop of
7:
128:On 15 March 1332, she married Count
106:– after 1348) was the wife of
211:Margareta (-12 Sep 1409), married
14:
117:. She was a daughter of Count
246:Etwas zur History of the Marck
213:John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
73:Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves
1:
100:
29:
276:14th-century German nobility
297:
281:14th-century German women
179:William V, Duke of Jülich
153:Reginald III of Guelders
123:Reginald I of Guelders
115:Adolf III of the Marck
130:Adolf II of the Marck
111:Adolf II of the Marck
63:Adolf II of the Marck
82:Margaret of Guelders
271:14th-century deaths
241:Genealogical tables
261:Countesses of Mark
89:Margaret of Cleves
20:Margaret of Cleves
236:History of Cleves
86:
85:
288:
134:County of Cleves
105:
102:
34:
31:
16:
296:
295:
291:
290:
289:
287:
286:
285:
251:
250:
227:
165:
103:
91:, also spelled
53:House of Cleves
32:
21:
12:
11:
5:
294:
292:
284:
283:
278:
273:
268:
263:
253:
252:
249:
248:
243:
238:
233:
226:
225:External links
223:
222:
221:
218:
215:
209:
206:
199:
189:
188:
187:
181:
164:
161:
113:and mother of
84:
83:
80:
76:
75:
70:
66:
65:
60:
56:
55:
50:
44:
43:
40:
36:
35:
27:
23:
22:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
293:
282:
279:
277:
274:
272:
269:
267:
264:
262:
259:
258:
256:
247:
244:
242:
239:
237:
234:
232:
229:
228:
224:
219:
216:
214:
210:
207:
204:
200:
197:
193:
190:
186:
182:
180:
176:
175:
173:
172:Engelbert III
170:
169:
168:
162:
160:
156:
154:
150:
146:
145:Engelbert III
141:
139:
135:
131:
126:
124:
120:
119:Dietrich VIII
116:
112:
109:
98:
94:
90:
81:
77:
74:
71:
67:
64:
61:
57:
54:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
28:
24:
17:
266:1310s births
166:
157:
142:
127:
96:
92:
88:
87:
48:Noble family
104: 1310
33: 1310
255:Categories
97:Margarethe
93:Margaretha
42:after 1348
192:Adolf III
149:Adolf III
59:Spouse(s)
196:Cologne
185:Vianden
79:Mother
69:Father
203:Liège
163:Issue
108:Count
138:John
39:Died
26:Born
95:or
257::
125:.
101:c.
30:c.
99:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.