Adolf II of the Mark

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Adolf II. († 1347 ) ruled the county of Mark and later also the county of Kleve . He was the first-born son of Count Engelbert II von der Mark and his wife Matilda von Arenberg . Brothers were Eberhard I. von der Marck-Arenberg , Everhard von der Mark (cathedral provost in Münster) and Engelbert III. von der Mark (1364 to 1368 Archbishop of Cologne) and a sister Katharina was abbess in the Essen monastery.

Adolf II, who was also Vogt of the Essen monastery , managed there in 1337 to have his sister Katharina von der Mark elected abbess there after Kunigunde von Berg had abdicated .

Through Adolf II's marriage to Countess Margarete von Kleve , the daughter of Count Dietrich VII./IX. von Kleve and heiress of the county of Kleve, his son was later able to take over this county.

He is not to be confused with his uncle Adolf II , Bishop of Liège.

family

He was married twice. His first wife was Irmgard von Kleve († 1362), she was the daughter of Otto von Kleve . The couple divorced in 1324. His second wife was Margaretha von Kleve († after 1348). The couple had the following children:

⚭ 1354 Richardis von Jülich (7 March 1314 - 7 March 1360), widow of Duke Otto IV of Lower Bavaria (1307-1334)
⚭ Elisabeth von Sponheim and Vianden (1365–1417), the widow then marries Hereditary Prince Ruprecht Pipan (1375–1397)
  • Margarete ⚭ 1357 Johann von Nassau
  • Mechtild ⚭ 1371 Eberhard II. Von Isenburg, Count of Grenzau († after January 17, 1395)
  • Adolf († 1394), 1357 Bishop of Münster , 1363 Archbishop of Cologne ( Adolf II of the Mark ) and later Count of Kleve.
  • Dietrich , Count of Mark-Dinslaken-Duisburg († 1406).
  • Elisabeth ⚭ Gumprecht von Heppendorf

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/cleves/cleves7.html
  2. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/isenburg/isenburg1.html
predecessor Office successor
Engelbert II. Count of the Mark
1328–1347 		Engelbert III.
personal data
SURNAME Adolf II of the Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adolf II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of the county of Mark and later of the county of Kleve
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH 1347