Dietrich V was Count of Cleves from 1201 through 1260. Dietrich was born about 1185 as the son of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Holland. Possibly Dietrich V succeeded in 1198, under regency of Arnold II. In 1234, he participated in the

Stedinger Crusade The Stedinger Crusade (1233–1234) was a Papally-sanctioned war against the rebellious peasants of Stedingen. The Stedinger were free farmers and subjects of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. Grievances over taxes and property rights turned ...

Marriage and Issue

In c. 1215 he married Mathilda of Dinslaken (d. 1226). Their children were: * Dietrich of Cleves (c.1216), married Elizabeth of Brabant * Margaretha of Cleves (c.1218), married Otto II of Guelders Secondly, he married Hedwig of Meissen (d. 1249), daughter of Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. Their children were: * Dietrich VI of Cleves (c. 1226), married Adelaide of Heinsberg * Dietrich Luf I of Cleves (c. 1228) * Agnes of Cleves (c. 1230), married

Bernard IV, Lord of Lippe Bernhard IV, Lord of Lippe ( in Brake – June 1275) was a ruling Lord of Lippe. Life He was the eldest son of Bernard III and his wife, Sofie of Cuijck-Arnsberg. In 1254, he took up grovenment of Rheda and in 1265, he succeeded his f ...

* Jutta of Cleves (c. 1232), married Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg

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* * Counts of Cleves 1260 deaths Year of birth unknown People of the Stedinger Crusade 1185 births {{Europe-noble-stub