Engelbert, Count of Nevers

Engelbert
Count of Nevers
Coat of arms of Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers
Born	26 September 1462
Died	21 November 1506(1506-11-21) (aged 44)
Noble family	La Marck
Spouse(s)	Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme
Issue	Charles II, Count of Nevers
Father	John I, Duke of Cleves
Mother	Elizabeth of Nevers

Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers.^[1]

In 1481, Engelbert was sent with a large army to the Bishopric of Utrecht by his brother John II, Duke of Cleves where they successfully ousted David of Burgundy. But after the Siege of Utrecht (1483) he had to flee, and Utrecht returned to the control of Burgundy.

Engelbert married Catherine of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489.^[2] They had three children :

Charles II, Count of Nevers, married Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel.
Louis of Cleves (1494-1545), Count of Auxerre (1543-1545), married (1542) to Catherine d'Amboise, daughter of Charles I d'Amboise, widow of Christophe de Tournon and Philibert de Beaujeu;
François of Cleves († 1545), Abbot of Tréport, Prior of Saint-Éloi in Paris

Engelbert became Count of Nevers and Eu in 1491 upon the death of his maternal grandfather John II, Count of Nevers. His eldest brother John II (1458–1521) inherited Cleves.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Engelbert, Count of Nevers

16. Adolph II of the Marck

8. Adolf III of the Marck

17. Margaret of Cleves

4. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves

18. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg

9. Margaret of Jülich

19. Margaret of Ravensberg

2. John I, Duke of Cleves

20. Philip the Bold

10. John the Fearless

21. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

5. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves

22. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

11. Margaret of Bavaria

23. Margaret of Brieg

1. Engelbert, Count of Nevers

24. Philip the Bold (= 20)

12. Philip II, Count of Nevers

25. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (= 21)

6. John II, Count of Nevers

26. Philip of Artois, Count of Eu

13. Bonne of Artois

27. Marie, Duchess of Auvergne

3. Elizabeth of Nevers

28. Baudouin d'Ailly

14. Raoul d'Ailly

29. Jeanne de Raineval

7. Jacqueline d'Ailly

30. Robert VIII of Béthune

15. Jaqueline of Béthune

31. Isabeau de Ghistelles

References

^ Antonetti 2000, p. 60.
^ Antonetti 2000, p. 39.

Sources

Antonetti, Guy (2000). "Les Princes Etrangers". In Bardet, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Etat et société en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (in French). Presses l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne.
Karl Leopold Strauven (1876), "Engelbert von Cleve", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 330
Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot: Cahiers de Saint Louis. Verlag Jacques Dupont, Angers 1976, S. 267.

Engelbert, Count of Nevers House of La Marck Born: 26 September 1462 Died: 21 November 1506
Preceded by John II	Count of Nevers 1491–1506	Succeeded by Charles II
	Count of Eu 1491–1506