Individual Details

Katharina Kleve

(25 May 1417 - 10 Feb 1479)

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== Biography ==Katherina von Kleve (Catherine of Cleves) was the second daughter of [[Kleve-68|Adolf I, Duke of Cleves]] and his second wife, [[Bourgogne-286|Marie de Bourgogne]], and was born on St Vrbaens day, the 25 May, in 1417.Scholten, Robert (Ed.). 1884. ''Clevische Chronik: nach der Originalhandschrift des Gert van der Shuren, nebst Vorgeschichte und Zusätzen von Turck, einer Genealogie des Clevischen Hauses und drei Schrifttafeln''. Cleve: Boss. p. 138. Digital image, ''Heinrich Heine, Universitäts und Landesbibliothek'', http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/content/titleinfo/2300117 : downloaded 11 February 2017.
She was promised in marriage, the 22 July 1423, to Arnold of Egmond, Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen,Chestret de Haneffe, Baron Jules de. 1898. Histoire de la Maison de la Marck y compris les Clèves de la seconde race. Liége: D. Cormaux. p. 45. Digital image, ''Heinrich Heine, Universitäts und Landesbibliothek'', http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-72882 : downloaded 3 February 2017. The marriage probably took place in early 1430, but the exact date is not clear.
On 23 August 1429 an agreement was reached, that Catherine would continue to remain with her parents for another year, but whether the year is from that date or after she was married is also unclear. A dispensation was issued on 23 January 1530 because Catherine and Arnold were related in the fourth degree,''Clevische Chronik'', p. but they were definitely married by 11 February 1430 when they both signed an act in which Catherine renounced any hereditary rights to Cleves.
– 10 February 1479) was Duchess of Guelders. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves was commissioned for her.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Cleves_(1417%E2%80%931479)
Catherine was born in 1417. She was the daughter of [[Duke of Cleves-1|Adolf I, Duke of Cleves]] and [[Burgundy-239|Marie of Burgundy]]. She passed away in 1479

== Sources ==

    Events

    Birth25 May 1417Cleves, Germany
    Death10 Feb 1479Slot Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
    MarriageArnoud "Arnold, Hertog van Gelre en van Gulik , Heer van Zutphen" Egmond
    Alt namevon Kleve Of Cleves
    Reference No14330829
    Reference No15354262
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseArnoud "Arnold, Hertog van Gelre en van Gulik , Heer van Zutphen" Egmond (1410 - 1473)
    ChildMaria "Queen Consort of Scotland" Egmond-Gelre (1434 - 1463)
    ChildWillem Egmond-Gelre (1434 - )
    ChildMargaretha Egmond (1436 - 1486)
    ChildAdolf van Egmont (1438 - 1477)
    ChildCatharina Egmond-Gelre (1440 - 1497)
    FatherAdolf "Herzog von Kleve, Graf von der Mark" Kleve (1373 - 1448)
    MotherMarie "Duchess of Cleves" Bourgogne (1393 - 1463)
    SiblingMargarethe Kleve (1416 - 1444)
    SiblingJohann von Kleve (1419 - 1481)
    SiblingElisabeth Kleve (1420 - 1488)
    SiblingAgnes von Kleve (1422 - 1448)
    SiblingHelene von Kleve (1423 - 1471)
    SiblingAdolf von Kleve (1425 - 1492)
    SiblingMaria von Kleve (1426 - 1487)