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Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves

German noble (1256–1305)

Field	Value
name	Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves
image	Diederik_VIII_(VI).jpg
image_size	345x434px
noble family	House of Cleves
issue	Otto, Count of Cleves
Catharine
Adelheid
Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves
Johann, Count of Cleves
Margaret
Irmgard
father	Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves
mother	Aleidis von Heinsberg
spouse	Margaret of Guelders
issue-link	#Issue
birth_date	1256
death_date	1305

Catharine Adelheid Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves Johann, Count of Cleves Margaret Irmgard | issue-link = #Issue Dietrich VII (1256–1305) was Count of Cleves from 1275 through 1305. He was the son of Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves and his wife Aleidis von Heinsberg. Dietrich adopted the strategy used in Holland, in the county of Cleves, methodically reclaiming territory with dikes and settling new residents.

Marriage and issue

In 1260, Dietrich married Margaret of Guelders (d. 1281), daughter of Otto II, Count of Guelders. They had three children:

Otto, Count of Cleves (1278–1310)
Catharine, nun at Gräfenthal (1280-1357)
Adelheid, married Henry IV, Count of Waldeck (d. 1348)

His second marriage was to Margaret of Habsburg-Kilburg, daughter of Everhard I of Kiburg-Laufenburg. Their children were:

Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves (1291–1347)
Johann, Count of Cleves (1293–1368).
Margaret, married Henry of Lodi, son of Guy, Count of Flanders (d. 1337)
Irmgard, married Gerhard I of Horn, Count of Altena (1297-1350)
Agnes (d. 1361), married in 1312 Count Adolf IX of Berg (d. 1348)
Maria, nun in Bedburg (1302-1347)
Eberhard (1303-1312)
Anna (d. 1378), married Godfrey IV of Cuyck-Arnsberg (d. 1371)

References

Sources

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References

Biographie, Deutsche. "Kleve - Deutsche Biographie".

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