Elizabeth of Burgundy

This article deals with the wife of Duke Johann I of Kleve. For the wife of the Roman-German King Rudolf I of Habsburg, see Isabella of Burgundy .

Drawing of the joint grave slab of Elisabeth of Burgundy and her husband Johann I von Kleve

Elisabeth of Burgundy (* after August 24, 1439 in Nevers ; † June 21, 1483 ) was Duchess of Kleve from 1455 until her death through marriage to Johann I von Kleve-Mark . She is the ancestral mother of the Kleve-Nevers family and thus the Klevian line of the Counts and Dukes of Nevers , because the territory was part of her inheritance and after Elisabeth's death fell to her son Engelbert .

Life

Elisabeth was born as the first child of John II of Burgundy , Count of Étampes , Nevers , Rethel and Eu , and his first wife Jacqueline d'Ailly . Since Elisabeth's younger brother died at the age of only five and her father had no male offspring, he made his eldest daughter the heir to the counties of Nevers and Eu.

On April 22nd, 1456 Elisabeth married her third cousin in Bruges , Duke Johann I of Kleve. After the marriage of Maria von Burgund and Adolf II. Von Kleve , the connection between Elisabeth and Johann was already the second marriage that between Klever Sex and the House of Burgundy was closed. It made the Duchy of Kleve into a kind of Burgundian branch for the next 100 years, which was mainly reflected in cultural life. Court life, but also administrative practice in the Klever Territory, was increasingly based on the Burgundian model under Johann I.

When, after the death of Duke Adolf von Egmond, her husband helped Maximilian of Austria to enforce his claims to the Duchy of Geldern through his marriage to Maria von Burgund , against the resistance of Adolf's sister Katharina , Elisabeth ran the affairs of state in Kleve during Johann's absence .

Six children resulted from the marriage between Elisabeth and Johann I:

• Johann II (April 13, 1458 - March 15, 1521), Duke of Kleve, ⚭ November 3, 1489 Mathilda of Hesse
• Adolf (April 28, 1461 - April 4, 1498), canon in Liège
• Engelbert (born September 26, 1462; † November 21, 1506), Count of Nevers and Eu, ⚭ February 23, 1489 Charlotte de Bourbon
• Dietrich (born June 29, 1464; † young)
• Marie (August 8, 1465 - October 7, 1513)
• Philipp (January 1, 1467 - March 5, 1505), Bishop of Nevers (1500–1505), Amiens (1501–1503) and Autun (1505)

Elisabeth died on June 21, 1483 before her father. Her third-born son Engelbert, who founded the Kleve-Nevers line, inherited her claims to the counties of Nevers and Eu. The joint tomb with her husband is in the collegiate church of St. Mary's Assumption in Kleve. It is a slate tumba , which is covered with engraved and gilded copper plates. The cover plate, commissioned by Karl von Egmond , shows the two deceased and thus one of the few images of Elisabeth. The tomb is considered one of the most important works of its kind.

Web links

• Marriage speech for Elizabeth of Burgundy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Forst. The pedigree of the last Duke of Cleve, Jülich and Berg . In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (ZBGV) Volume 44. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1911, ISSN  0067-5792 , p. 74.
2. ↑ In some publications 1455 is given as the wedding year. This year may be due to the fact that the marriage agreement of March 27, 1456 is incorrectly dated March 27, 1455. See Otto Forst. The pedigree of the last Duke of Cleve, Jülich and Berg . In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (ZBGV) Volume 44. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1911, ISSN  0067-5792 , p. 74.
3. ↑ Gelre, Vereeniging tot Beoefening van Geldersche Geschiedenis, Oudheidkunde, en law (ed.): Bijdragen en mededelingen . Volume 59. S. Gouda Quint, D. Brouwer en Zoon, Arnheim 1960, ISSN  0923-2834 , p. 151.
4. ^ Karl-Heinz Hohmann: Architectural and art monuments in the Kleve district. A cursory overview . 1st edition. Neusser Druckerei und Verlag, Neuss 1995, ISBN 3-88094 ( Rheinische Kunststätten . Issue 419 S), p. 88.