John II, Duke of Cleves
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Spouse(s) | Mathilde of Hesse |
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Noble family | La Marck |
Father | John I, Duke of Cleves |
Mother | Elizabeth of Nevers |
Born |
Cleves | 13 April 1458
Died | 15 March 1521 62) | (aged
John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (1458–1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called "The Babymaker" since he fathered sixty-three illegitimate children [1] before his marriage with Mathilde of Hesse in 1490. She was the daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.[2]
They had three children :
- John III (1490–1539), his successor
- Anna (1495–1567), married in 1518 with count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg
- Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale, as his successor, but died before Philip (1528)

coat-of-arms of La Mark

coat-of-arms of Cleves
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References
- ↑ La Societe Numismatique, Revue de la numismatique belge, Brussels, 1863, page 234
- ↑ John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.
- ↑ "Genealogics".
- ↑ "Genealogics".
- ↑ "Genealogics".
External links
- Genealogy of Jülich-Cleves Accessed July 28, 2008
John II, Duke of Cleves Born: 13 April 1458 Died: 15 March 1521 | ||
Preceded by John I, Duke of Cleves |
Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark 1481–1521 |
Succeeded by John III, Duke of Cleves |
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