Dietrich II./IV. (Kleve)
Dietrich II./IV. († 1172 ) was Count of Kleve from 1148/50 to 1172 . While he is referred to in older research as Dietrich II (sometimes also as Dietrich III), in more recent research based on Thomas R. Kraus he is counted as Dietrich IV.
Life
Dietrich II./IV. von Kleve was a son of Count Arnold I and Ida von Brabant . Probably in 1148 or 1149 he took office as Count von Kleve; it is definitely verifiable in 1150.
He was married to Adelheid von Sulzbach († 1189). His successor as Count von Kleve was his son Dietrich III./V. Further children of Dietrich II./IV. were
- Arnold , married to Adelheid von Heinsberg,
- Adelheid, married to Dietrich VII of Holland ,
- and Margarethe, whose wedding with Landgrave Ludwig [III.] of Thuringia Heinrich von Veldeke was present, as he states in his Eneasroman .
literature
- Thomas R. Kraus : Studies on the early history of the Counts of Kleve and the emergence of the Klevian sovereignty , in: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 46 (1982), pp. 1-47.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold I. |
Count of Kleve 1150–1172 |
Dietrich III./V. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietrich II./IV. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dietrich II .; Dietrich IV. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Kleve |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1172 |