Mary of Burgundy

Female 1400 - 1466  (66 years)


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  • Name Mary of Burgundy 
    Birth 1400 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1466 
    Person ID I1826  Database
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2015 

    Spouse / Partner Adolf IV of Cleves,   b. 1373   d. 1448 (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
       1. Female Catherina of Cleves,   b. 1417   d. 1476 (Age 59 years)
       2. Male Johan I of Cleves,   b. 1419   d. 1481 (Age 62 years)
       3. Female Elisabeth of Cleves,   b. 1420   d. 1488 (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1400 – 30 October 1466) was thesecond child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria,[1] and an elder sister of Philip the Good.[2] Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1415.[3] He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417. They were the grandparents of King Louis XII ofFrance and the great-grandparents of John III, Duke of Cleves, fatherof Anne of Cleves, who was fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England. By their daughter, Catherine, they were ancestors of Mary, Queen of Scots.

      The Duke and Duchess of Cleves lived at Wijnendale Castle in West Flanders. She died in Cleves in present-day Monterberg, Kalkar.