Individual Details
Engelberte "Gräfin von Moers und Saarwerden" Mark
(Abt 1385 - 7 Dec 1458)
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== Biography ==Engelberte was one of the younger daughters of [[Mark-590|Adolf III, Count of the Mark]], and Count of Cleves as Adolf I, and his wife, [[J��lich-14|Margarethe von Jülich]].Chestret, pp. 34-37 & 41. Her birth date is unknown, but given she didn't marry until 1399 (see below), an estimated date of 1385 seems reasonable.
Her father Adolf was in conflict with Friedrich von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne, and as part of the peace negotiations in 1392, a marriage was arranged with one of Adolf's younger daughters, and Friedrich's nephew, Friedrich IV von Moers, later Count of Moers and Count of Saarwerden. The marriage was to take place within seven years.Chestret, p. 41 & note 4;Lacomblet, no. 975, pp. 864-65.
The original contract named Adolf's two youngest daughters Katharine and Irmgard (Ermengarde) as the possible bride,Lacomblet, no. 975, pp. 864-65. but another contract dated 1 November 1393 also named Engelbreche, (presumably Engelberte) as another possible bride.Lacomblet, no. 990, p. 878
It's not clear what happened to Katherine or Ermengarde, but it was Engelberte who married Friedrich IV von Moers in 1399.Chestret, p. 41. Her dowry of 10,000 gold florins (or guilders) was provided by her husband's uncle, the Archbishop of Cologne.Chestret, p. 41, note 4.;Friedrich IV. de.Wikipedia
They had issue 5 children;Friedrich IV (Moers) de.Wikipedia#Vincenz, Domherr in Koln from 1437, later succeeded as Graf von Moers, and died 1499;#Walburgis, Frau von Baer und Lathum, married 1) Jakob, Graf von Lichtenberg; 2) Wilhelm von Egmond, and died 1459;#Margareta, married Gerhard von Loen, Herr zu Julich, Graf zu Blankenheim, and died 1453;
#Johanna, married Jakob I, Graf von Horn, and died 1461;
#Klara, Abbess of St Quirin in Neuss 1448-1458, died 1459/1461.
Friedrich IV, died in 1448, and Engelberte retired to Cologne, where she died 7 December 1458 and was buried in the convent of the Carmelites that she and her husband founded in Moers.Chestret, p. 41
== Sources ==
*'Friedrich IV. (Moers)'. In: ''Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie''. version : 13. November 2016, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_IV._(Moers)&oldid=159647412 : viewed 26 February 2017.
*Lacomblet, Theodor Joseph. 1853. ''Urkundenbuch für die Geschichte des Niederrheins oder des Erzstifts Cöln, der Fürstenthümer Jülich und Berg, Geldern, Meurs, Kleve und Mark, und der Reichsstifte Elten, Essen und Werden''. Vol. 3- Von dem Jahr 1301 bis 1400 einschliesslich. Digital image, ''Bonn Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek'', http://digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de/content/titleinfo/12381 : viewed 26 February 2017.
== Biography ==Engelberte was one of the younger daughters of [[Mark-590|Adolf III, Count of the Mark]], and Count of Cleves as Adolf I, and his wife, [[J��lich-14|Margarethe von Jülich]].Chestret, pp. 34-37 & 41. Her birth date is unknown, but given she didn't marry until 1399 (see below), an estimated date of 1385 seems reasonable.
Her father Adolf was in conflict with Friedrich von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne, and as part of the peace negotiations in 1392, a marriage was arranged with one of Adolf's younger daughters, and Friedrich's nephew, Friedrich IV von Moers, later Count of Moers and Count of Saarwerden. The marriage was to take place within seven years.Chestret, p. 41 & note 4;Lacomblet, no. 975, pp. 864-65.
The original contract named Adolf's two youngest daughters Katharine and Irmgard (Ermengarde) as the possible bride,Lacomblet, no. 975, pp. 864-65. but another contract dated 1 November 1393 also named Engelbreche, (presumably Engelberte) as another possible bride.Lacomblet, no. 990, p. 878
It's not clear what happened to Katherine or Ermengarde, but it was Engelberte who married Friedrich IV von Moers in 1399.Chestret, p. 41. Her dowry of 10,000 gold florins (or guilders) was provided by her husband's uncle, the Archbishop of Cologne.Chestret, p. 41, note 4.;Friedrich IV. de.Wikipedia
They had issue 5 children;Friedrich IV (Moers) de.Wikipedia#Vincenz, Domherr in Koln from 1437, later succeeded as Graf von Moers, and died 1499;#Walburgis, Frau von Baer und Lathum, married 1) Jakob, Graf von Lichtenberg; 2) Wilhelm von Egmond, and died 1459;#Margareta, married Gerhard von Loen, Herr zu Julich, Graf zu Blankenheim, and died 1453;
#Johanna, married Jakob I, Graf von Horn, and died 1461;
#Klara, Abbess of St Quirin in Neuss 1448-1458, died 1459/1461.
Friedrich IV, died in 1448, and Engelberte retired to Cologne, where she died 7 December 1458 and was buried in the convent of the Carmelites that she and her husband founded in Moers.Chestret, p. 41
== Sources ==
*'Friedrich IV. (Moers)'. In: ''Wikipedia, Die freie Enzyklopädie''. version : 13. November 2016, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friedrich_IV._(Moers)&oldid=159647412 : viewed 26 February 2017.
*Lacomblet, Theodor Joseph. 1853. ''Urkundenbuch für die Geschichte des Niederrheins oder des Erzstifts Cöln, der Fürstenthümer Jülich und Berg, Geldern, Meurs, Kleve und Mark, und der Reichsstifte Elten, Essen und Werden''. Vol. 3- Von dem Jahr 1301 bis 1400 einschliesslich. Digital image, ''Bonn Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek'', http://digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de/content/titleinfo/12381 : viewed 26 February 2017.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1385 | ||||
| Death | 7 Dec 1458 | Köln, Kurköln, Heiliges Römisches Reich | |||
| Alt name | von der Mark von Kleve | ||||
| Reference No | 15344774 | ||||
| Reference No | 16477318 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Adolf Mark (1352 - 1394) |
| Mother | Margarethe Jülich (1342 - 1425) |
| Sibling | Adolf "Herzog von Kleve, Graf von der Mark" Kleve (1373 - 1448) |
| Sibling | Margarethe UNKNOWN (1375 - 1411) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth UNKNOWN (1378 - ) |