| Catherine of Cleves | |
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| Catherine of Cleves kneels before the Virgin and Child. Her arms, with those of her husband, Duke Arnold of Guelders, are in the bottom center; the arms of her ancestors are in each corner. | |
| Spouse(s) | Arnold, Duke of Guelders |
| Noble family | House of La Marck |
| Father | Adolph I, Duke of Cleves |
| Mother | Marie of Burgundy |
| Born | 25 May 1417 Schwanenburg Castle in Cleves |
| Died | 10 February 1479 (aged 61) Lobith |
Catherine (25 May 1417 – 10 February 1479) was Duchess of Guelders. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves was commissioned for her.
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Catherine was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy. She was a niece of Philip the Good.[1]
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves was commissioned for her when she married Arnold, Duke of Guelders, on 26 January 1430. It shows her lineage, as well as herself in prayer. The hours had been lost for four hundred years before resurfacing in 1856. It is one of the most richly decorated books of its kind that is preserved.