Engelbert of

Cleves Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; Low Rhenish: ''Kleff'') is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century ...

Count of Nevers The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, which became a French duchy in 1539, with the rulers of the duchy calling themselves dukes. History The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Burgundy. ...

(26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of

John I, Duke of Cleves John I, Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark (16 February 1419 – 5 September 1481). Jean de Belliqueux (warlike), was Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark. Life John was the son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy. He was raised in Brussels ...

and

Elizabeth of Nevers Elizabeth of Nevers (born: after 24 August 1439 in Nevers; died: 21 June 1483) was Duchess of Cleves from 1455 until her death, due to her marriage with John I of Cleves-Mark. She was the matriarch of the house of Cleves-Nevers, and thus the Clev ...

, only surviving child of

John II, Count of Nevers John II, Count of Nevers (known as Jean de Clamecy, prior to acquiring title of "Count of Nevers"; 1415–1491) was a French noble. Life John was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers by his wife, Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, ...

. In 1481, he was sent with a large army to the

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by his brother

John II, Duke of Cleves John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves fr ...

where they successfully ousted

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. But after the Siege of Utrecht (1483) he had to flee, and Utrecht returned to the control of Burgundy. He married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of

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, circa 1489. They had three children : *

Charles II, Count of Nevers Charles II (died in Louvre in 1521) was Count of Nevers (1506–1521). He was son of Engelbert de La Mark and Charlotte de Bourbon-Vendome. He belongs to the House de La Mark. His father Engelbert, Count of Nevers (1491–1506) was son of John I ...

, married

Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers (25 March 1491 – 27 October 1549) was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of ...

. * Louis of Cleves (1494-1545), Count of

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(1543-1545), married (1542) to Catherine d'Amboise, daughter of

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, widow of Christophe de Tournon and Philibert de Beaujeu; * François of Cleves († 1545), Abbot of Tréport, Prior of Saint-Éloi in Paris Engelbert became Count of

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

and Eu in 1491 upon the death of his maternal grandfather

. His eldest brother

John II John II may refer to: People * John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) * John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) * John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) * John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) * John II Komnenos (1087–1 ...

(1458–1521) inherited Cleves.

Ancestors

References

* * Detlev Schwennicke: ''Europäische Stammtafeln.'' Band I, 1975, S. 190.
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* Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot: ''Cahiers de Saint Louis.'' Verlag Jacques Dupont, Angers 1976, S. 267. 1462 births 1506 deaths Counts of Nevers 16th-century peers of France {{France-noble-stub