Dietrich V, Count of Cleves

Dietrich V was Count of Cleves from 1202 through 1260.[1] Dietrich was born about 1185 as the son of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Holland.[2]

Dietrich V, Count of Cleves
Born1185
Kleve
Died1260
Noble familyHouse of Cleves
Spouse(s)Mathilda of Dinslaken
Hedwig of Meissen
FatherDietrich IV, Count of Cleves
MotherMargaret of Holland

In 1234, he participated in the Stedinger Crusade.[3]

Marriage and issue edit

In c. 1215 he married Mathilda of Dinslaken (d. 1226).[2] Their children were:

Secondly, he married Hedwig of Meissen[1] (d. 1249), daughter of Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. Their children were:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Biographie, Deutsche. "Kleve - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  2. ^ a b c d Pollock 2015, p. xv.
  3. ^ Maier 1994, p. 54.

Sources edit

  • Maier, Christoph T. (1994). Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie". The Boydell Press.
Preceded by Count of Cleves
1201–1260
Succeeded by