Gerhard V of Jülich (before 1250 – 29 July 1328), Count of Jülich (1297–1328), was the youngest son of William IV, Count of Jülich and Richardis of Guelders, daughter of

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.Walther Möller, ''Stammtafeln westdeutscher Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter'' (Darmstadt, 1922, reprint Verlag Degener & Co., 1995), Vol. 1, page 14. Gerhard succeeded his brother

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as Count of Jülich in 1297. He supported King Adolf in the

Battle of Göllheim The Battle of Göllheim was fought on 2 July 1298 between the forces of duke Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht) and king Adolf of Nassau over the prince electors' decision, without electoral act, to dethrone Adolf and proclaim Albert the ...

in 1298, but when Adolf was killed by King Albert I, Gerhard submitted to Albert and was allowed to keep his imperial fief. He helped Albert against the Rhenish electors in 1300, which confirmed his interests with respect to Cologne. Gerhard also won the river duties of Kaiserswerth, Mönchen-Gladbach, Kessel-Grevenbroich, Rheydt, Münstereifel/Bergheim and Müllenark, among others. In 1313, Gerhard supported Ludwig IV in the succession war for the throne of Germany and allowed Ludwig's coronation in Aachen against the will of the Archbishop of Cologne.

Family and children

Gerhard married before 13 December 1299 Elisabeth of Brabant-Aarschot (c. 1280 – 1350/55), daughter of

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and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon. Elisabeth's sister Marie had married Gerhard's brother Walram. Gerhard and Elisabeth has the following children: #

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(c. 1300 – 1361) # Ludwig (died after 1311) # Gottfried (died 1335), married Elisabeth of Cleves #

(1303/04 – 14 August 1349), Archbishop of Cologne (1332–1349) # Henry, Provost of St. Andreas, Cologne (1319–1334) # John (died after 1327), Canon at Liège St. Jean # Maria (died c. 1353), married Henry II of Virneberg,

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and Conrad II of Saffenberg # Elisabeth, married John II, Count of Sayn and Gottfried of Hatzfeld # Richardis (7 March 1314 – 7 March 1360), married 1330

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Ancestry

References

External links

Genealogie-Mittelalter.de

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