200px, Coat of arms of the Lordship of Borculo Gisbert VI of Bronckhorst-Borculo ( – 1 November 1409) was a Dutch nobleman. He was a son of William IV of Bronckhorst and Kunigunde of Moers. He was the ruling Lord of Bronckhorst from 1399 until his death, and the ruling Lord of

Borculo Borculo is a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the municipality of Berkelland, Gelderland. Borculo was an independent municipality until 2005, when it merged with Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. Other population centers in the municipality of Borc ...

from 1402 until his death. He was the sixth Lord of Bronckhorst name Gisbert, but only the second who also ruled Borculo, which is why some authors call him ''Gisbert II of Bronckhorst-Borculo''.

Lordship of Borculo

Gisbert was the second Lord of Borculo from the House of Brinckhorst. He inherited the heerlijkheid in 1402 from his paternal uncle Gisbert I of Bronckhorst-Borculo. In 1406, he saw himself forced to acknowledge the Bishop of

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as the liege lord of

and

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. Later Lords of Bronckhorst-Borculo also acknowledged the Bishops of Münster as their liege lord.

Marriage and issue

Gisbert married Hedwig, the daughter of Count

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and Adelaide of Lippe. They had three sons together: *

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(b. 1390) *

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(1392 – 23 February 1458), 3rd Lord of Bronckhorst and Borculo * Frederick, died unmarried in 1405 * Kunigunda van Bronckhorst married Jan II van Montfoort about 1422 and had at least one son (Hendrick IV) 14th-century births Year of birth unknown 1409 deaths Medieval Dutch nobility 14th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-noble-stub