John I, Duke of Cleves

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John I, Duke of Cleves (16 February 1419 – 5 September 1481) son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy. On 22 April 1455 he married Elizabeth of Nevers, daughter of John II, Count of Nevers.

[edit] Children

• John II, Duke of Cleves (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) married 3 November 1489 Matilda of Hesse
• Adolf (1461 – 1525)
• Engelbert, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) married 23 February 1489 Charlotte de Bourbon-Vendôme
• Dietrich 1464
• Marie of Cleves, (1465 – 1513)
• Philip of Cleves, Bishop of Nevers, Amiens and Autin, (1467 – 1505)

[edit] References

• stirnet.com Accessed July 29, 2007
• genealogy.euweb.cz Accessed July 29, 2007