Irmgard of Cleves (also known as ''Irmengard von Kleve'') was the wife of
John IV, Lord of Arkel
John IV, Lord of Arkel (also known as ''Jan Herbaren van Arkel''; d. 5 May 1360) was Lord of Arkel from 1326 until his death.
Life
He was the son of John III and his wife, Mabelia of Voorne.
Shortly after his father died, John IV became a coun ...
. Born in 1307, she was the only daughter of
Otto, Count of Cleves
Otto (1278 – Horstmar, October 29, 1310) was Count of Cleves''Niederrheins Urkundenbuch'', Band III, 96 from 1305 through 1310.
Otto was the eldest son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves (1256–1305) and his first wife Margaret of Guelders.
Hi ...
and his wife, Mechteld von Virneburg. Her father, Count Otto died shortly after her birth.
Marriage and Issue
In 1327, Irmgard married
John IV, Lord of Arkel
John IV, Lord of Arkel (also known as ''Jan Herbaren van Arkel''; d. 5 May 1360) was Lord of Arkel from 1326 until his death.
Life
He was the son of John III and his wife, Mabelia of Voorne.
Shortly after his father died, John IV became a coun ...
, the son of John III, Lord of Arkel and his wife, Mabelia of Voorne. The marriage of Irmgard and John brought a lot of prestige for the van Arkel family.
John and Irmgard had four children:
* Matilda (b. 1330- d. 1381), married William VI of Horne, Lord of
Altena
Altena (; Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretc ...
* John (b. 1332 - d. 1352)
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Otto
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
The name is recorded fro ...
(b. 1332/1334 -d. 1396), married
Elisabeth de Bar de Pierremont
* Elisabeth (b. 1335- d.1407), married Borre of Haamstede
German nobility
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