Eberhard II von der Mark

Eberhard II von der Marck - Arenberg (according to another count Eberhard IV ) ( † 1454 ) was from 1378 to 1454 Count of Arenberg and acquired for his house more possessions.

Life

He was the son of Eberhard I von der Marck - Arenberg and his wife Mary of Looz. Brother was Johann I von der Marck - Arenberg.

Eberhard II succeeded his father. He acquired considerable possessions. He married Marie of Sedan. From 1424 his brother Louis of Braquemont came the gentlemen Sedan and Floresville in his possession. On it goes back since 1446 the beginning of the construction of the castle Sedan. His marriage to his second wife Agnes of Rochefort Rochefort also the county in present-day Belgium and other possessions were in his hand.

Eberhard II was a military ruler. He had held various feuds with the house of Luxembourg, and the Bishopric of Liège. In 1445 there was even a confrontation with Philip the Good of Burgundy.

Progeny

With his first wife he had three children. The daughter Elizabeth married Count Georg von Sayn- ​​Wittgenstein. The son of John II inherited the possessions Arenberg, Sedan and guillemots and Erbvogtei in Hainault. The son of Jacob inherited a castle county in Picardy. Also from the second marriage came three children. The son Eberhard died probably young. Johann entered the clerical state. Ludwig I inherited the county of Rochefort. Thus, the house Marck - Arenberg split in the lines Arenberg and Rochefort.