Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

Elisabeth of Cleves
Elisabeth of Cleves
Born	October 1, 1420
Died	March 1488
Noble family	House of La Marck
Spouse(s)	Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Father	Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Mother	Marie of Burgundy

Elisabeth of Cleves was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves. She married Count Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, on July 15, 1434.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Children edit

Together, they had eleven children:^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Günther XXXVI (July 8, 1439 – Rudolstadt, December 30, 1503);
Henry XXVII (November 13, 1440 – December 14, 1496), Archbishop of Bremen;
Catherine (February 2, 1442 – November 9, 1484), married Busso VII of Mansfeld and Sigmund I of Gleichen-Tonna;
Günther XXXVII (June 8, 1443);
Henry XXVIII (January 8, 1447 – Bremen, 1481), Canon in Cologne and Mainz;
Günther XXXVIII (Rudolstadt, 1450 – Bremen, November 29, 1484) married Catherine of Querfurt and Anna of Gleichen;
Henry XXIX (August 10, 1452 – March 31, 1499), Canon at Hildesheim;
Günther XXXIX (May 30, 1455 – Arnstadt, August 8, 1521), married Amalia of Mansfeld;
Heinrich XXX (December 31, 1456 – Arnstadt, June 12, 1522), Canon in Strasbourg and Jechasburg;
Maria (June 16, 1458);
Mary (November 4, 1459 – December 1459).

Ancestors of Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

9. Margaret of Cleves (c.1310-aft 1348)

5. Margaret of Jülich (c.1350–1425/29)

1. Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

12. Philip the Bold (1343–1404)

15. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)

^ Marek, Miroslav (February 14, 2009). "Cleves 5". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved April 16, 2011.^{[self-published source]}
^ Marek, Miroslav (November 25, 2004). "Schwarzburg 5". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved April 16, 2011.^{[self-published source]}