Engelbert, Count of Nevers

Engelbert of Cleves (French: Engilbert de Clèves, * September 26, 1462, † November 21, 1506 ) was from 1491 until his death a Count of Nevers, Etampes and Eu. He was the third of five sons of Duke John I of Cleves, and his wife Elisabeth of Burgundy ( † 1483 ).

Father's side came from Engelbert the German nobility dynasty of the Mark, the mother of the House of Valois - Burgundy, which was a side branch of the French royal house of Valois.

Life

Engelbert belonged to the court of King Charles VIII of France and was naturalized by this 1486. After the death of his maternal grandfather, Count Johann II of Nevers -Rethel 1491 Engelbert inherited from this the counties of Nevers, Etampes and Eu while his older brother John was supposed to start his paternal inheritance in Kleve. Engelbert held an inheritance dispute with his years of Aunt Charlotte of Burgundy - Nevers and their daughter Marie d' Albret to the County of Rethel, which was settled in 1504 by a marriage between Marie and Engelbert's son Charles.

Engelbert took part in the Italian campaign of Charles VIII in part, trying to conquer the kingdom of Naples, and fought on 6 July 1495 the Battle of Fornovo where he led the Swiss mercenaries. Also for King Louis XII. , His first cousin, Engelbert fought in Italy, where he again commanded the Confederates in 1499 when taking Milan. He then worked as an envoy of France in Castile. 1505 the dignity of a French Pairs awarded him.

Engelbert died on 21 November 1506 and was buried in the Church of the Cordeliers in Nevers.

Marriage and issue

Engelbert married on February 23, 1489 by royal request, Charlotte de Bourbon, daughter of the Count of Vendôme, Jean de Bourbon VIII. After the death of Engelbert she joined the Abbey of Fontevraud, where she died on 14 December 1520.

The couple had seven children, three of whom survived to adulthood:

  • Louis ( † 1545 ) called, count of Auxerre
  • François ( † 1545 ), prior of Saint- Eloi in Paris
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