Katherina of Kleve

1417 - 1476  (58 years)

• Name	Katherina of Kleve  [1]
  Birth	25 May 1417	Kleves, Westphalia, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Feb 1476	Lobith, Rijnwarden, Gelderland, Netherlands   [2]
  Burial	Grave, Brabant, Netherlands   [2]
  Person ID	I20944	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Adolf I,   b. 26 Dec 1373, Kleves, Westphalia, Germany d. 23 Sep 1448, Kleves, Westphalia, Germany (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Marie of Burgundy,   b. Jan 1394   d. 30 Oct 1463, Burg Monterberg near Kalkar, Kleves, Westphalia, Germany (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1406	Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France   [2]
  Family ID	F12469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arnold van Egmond,   b. Aft 17 Jul 1410   d. 23 Feb 1473, Grave, Brabant, Netherlands (Age < 62 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1430	Kleves, Westphalia, Germany   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary of Guelders,   b. 17 Jan 1433, Grave, Brabant, Netherlands d. 1 Dec 1463, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F12467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  "[F]orced into a political marriage at the age of thirteen, she grew to intensely dislike her husband, and after bearing him six children, left him in 1440 when aged twenty-three, later collaborated with her son against her husband, a patron of the arts, she commissioned a magnificent Book of Hours." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.