Johann was last
Count of Cleves
The Duchy of Cleves (german: Herzogtum Kleve; nl, Hertogdom Kleef) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged from the medieval . It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and ...
, from 1347 through 1368. Upon his death in 1368, the counties of Cleves and
Count of Mark
The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr River ...
were united.
Johann was the youngest son of
Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves
Dietrich VII (1256–1305) was Count of Cleves from 1275 through 1305. He was the son of Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves and his wife Aleidis von Heinsberg.
The County of Cleves (german: Grafschaft Kleve; nl, Graafschap Kleef) was a comital p ...
and his second wife Margaret of Habsburg. He succeeded in 1347 his brother
Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves
Dietrich VIII ( – 7 July 1347) was a German nobleman. He was Count of Cleves from 1310 through 1347.
Dietrich was the son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves and his second wife Margaret of Habsburg. He succeeded in 1310 his half-brother Otto ...
who had died without sons.
He married Mechteld of Guelders († 1384), daughter of
Reginald II, Duke of Guelders
Reginald II of Guelders ( nl, Reinoud), called "the Black" (c. 1295 – 12 October 1343), was Count of Guelders, and from 1339 onwards Duke of Guelders, and Zutphen, in the Low Countries, from 1326 to 1343. He was the son of Reginald I of Guelders ...
, but the marriage remained childless. After his death, the County of Cleves went to
Adolf III of the Marck
Adolph III of the Marck (German: ''Adolf III von der Mark''; – 1394) was the Prince-Bishop of Münster (as Adolph) from 1357 to 1363, the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (as Adolph II) in 1363, the Count of Cleves (as Adolph I) from 1368 to 139 ...
and so to the Counts of Marck.
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Counts of Cleves
1368 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Cathedral deans of Cologne