John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers.[1] He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called "The Babymaker" as he had fathered sixty-three illegitimate children [2] prior to his marriage with Mathilde of Hesse in 1489, who was the daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.[3]
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| Born | 13 April 1458 Cleves |
| Died | 15 March 1521 (aged 62) Cleves |
| Noble family | La Marck |
| Spouse(s) | Mathilde of Hesse |
| Issue | John III, Duke of Cleves
illegitimate 63 others |
| Father | John I, Duke of Cleves |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Nevers |
They had three children :
- John III (1490–1539), his successor[4]
- Anna (1495–1567), married in 1518 with count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg[4]
- Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale, as his successor, but died before Philip (1528)
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Boltanski 2006, p. 501.
- ^ La Societe Numismatique, Revue de la numismatique belge, Brussels, 1863, page 234
- ^ John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.
- ^ a b Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 38.
SourcesEdit
- Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600) (in French). Librairie Droz S.A.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.
External linksEdit
- Genealogy of Jülich-Cleves Accessed July 28, 2008