Dietrich VIII ( – 7 July 1347) was a German nobleman. He was
Count of Cleves
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from 1310 through 1347.
Dietrich was the 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.
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and his second wife Margaret of Habsburg. He succeeded in 1310 his half-brother
Otto, Count of Cleves who had died without sons.
Dietrich VIII married twice:
* Margaret of Guelders († 1333), daughter of
Reginald I of Guelders
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In 1276 he married Irmgard of Limburg, only daug ...
, in 1308. They had two daughters:
**
Margaret († 1341), married in 1332
Adolph II of the Marck († 1347), had issue.
** Elisabeth (1307–1382), married Gerard of Voorne and Otto II of Hesse.
* Maria of Jülich († 1353), daughter of
Gerhard V of Jülich, in 1340. They had another daughter:
** Maria, unmarried, no issue
He was succeeded by his brother
John
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When his brother also died without a son, the County of Cleves went to his daughter's son
Adolph III of the Marck and so to the Counts of Marck.
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Counts of Cleves
1290s births
1347 deaths