Dietrich V./VII. (Kleve)

Dietrich V./VII. (Kleve)

Dietrich V./VII. (* around 1226; † 1275 ) was Count of Kleve from 1260 to 1275 . While he is referred to as Dietrich VII. (Sometimes also as Dietrich VI.) In older research, he is counted as Dietrich V. in more recent research based on Kraus.

Life

Dietrich was the eldest son from the second marriage of Count Dietrich IV / VI. von Kleve with Hedwig von Meißen and was born around 1226. Originally it was not intended for the count's office; but with the early death of his older half-brother Dietrich primogenitus († 1245) he moved up in the line of succession. Since 1255 he was married to Aleidis, daughter of Heinrich I von Heinsberg , who brought extensive possessions ( Hülchrath and Saffenburg ) into the marriage. From 1255 he ruled Hülchrath and the southern parts of the county of Kleve independently until he became his father's inheritance in 1260. Dietrich V./VII. had to deal with his younger brother Dietrich Luf at times , who could not keep himself from the rights of his wife as Count of Saarbrücken . Under Dietrich V./VII. was Dinslaken , Orsoy , Buederich and perhaps Huissen and Kranenburg its town charter. After his death he was probably buried in the monastery church of Bedburg .

literature

• Dieter Kastner: The territorial policy of the Counts of Kleve , Düsseldorf 1972 (= publications of the historical association for the Lower Rhine, especially the old Archdiocese of Cologne 11).

Web links

• Biography in the portal Rheinische Geschichte

predecessor	Office	successor
Dietrich IV./VI.	Count of Kleve 1260–1275	Dietrich VI./VIII.