Margaret of Guelders (1436 - 1486)

Margaret of Guelders (11 August 1436, Grave, North Brabant - 2 November 1486, Simmern) was a noblewoman from what is now the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Arnold of Egmond, Duke of Guelders, and Catherine of Cleves (1417–1479). Via her mother she was a granddaughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. In Lobith on 6 August 1454 she married Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern - they had ten children:

  1. Katherine (1455 – 28 December 1522)
  2. Stephen (25 February 1457 – 1488/9)
  3. William (2 January 1458 – 1458)
  4. John I (15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509)
  5. Frederick (10 April 1460 – 22 November 1518)
  6. Rupert (16 October 1461 – 19 April 1507)
  7. Anne (30 July 1465 – 15 July 1517)
  8. Margaret (2 December 1466 – August 1506)
  9. Helene (1467 – 21 February 1555)
  10. William (20 April 1468 – 1481)
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