Adolph II of the Marck

Adolf II († 1347 ) ruled the county of Mark, and later the County Cleves. He was the first son of Count Engelbert II of the Mark and his wife Matilda of Arenberg.

Adolf II, who was also Vogt of meeting food, reached there in 1337 that his sister Catherine was elected by the Mark there to abdicate Kunigunde of mountain abbess.

By Adolf II marriage with Countess Margaret of Cleves, daughter of Count Dietrich VIII of Cleves and heiress of the county of Cleves, his son could later take over this county.

He is not to be confused with his uncle Adolf II, Bishop of Liege.

Family

He was married twice. His first wife was Irmgard of Kleve ( † 1362 ), she was the daughter of Otto von Kleve. The couple was divorced in 1324. His second wife was Margaret of Cleves ( † after 1348 ). The couple had the following children:

  • Engelbert (1333-1391), Count of Cleves
  • Margarete ∞ 1357 Johann von Nassau
  • Mechtild ∞ 1371 Eberhard II of Isenburg, Count of border ( † after January 17, 1395 )
  • Eberhard, provost in Münster
  • Adolf ( † 1394), 1357 Bishop of Münster, 1363 Archbishop of Cologne ( Adolf II von der Mark ) and later Count of Kleve.
  • Dietrich, Count of Mark Dinslaken -Duisburg († 1406).
  • Elisabeth ∞ Gumprecht of Heppendorf
Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves Otto, Count of Cleves Engelbert III of the Mark Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
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