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

, 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) *

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 1362 deaths