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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. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called "The Babymaker" as he had fathered sixty-three illegitimate children prior to his marriage with Mathilde of ...
John II, "The Pious" or "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, ( German: Johann II. "der Pious" oder "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (1458–1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521.
Jul 21, 2022 · Anne’s grandfather, John II, Duke of Cleves, was grandson of Mary of Burgundy and Adolph, first Duke of Cleves, thereby making Anne a distant relative of both Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Louis XII of France. Henry VIII’s only other wife who was this well-connected to multiple European royal families was Katherine of Aragon.
Duke of Cleves. Also known as Johann II. Born on 13 April 1458 in Kleve Died on 15 March 1521 See also: Wikipedia , Wikidata (Q570155)
John II _____, Duke of Cleves. b. 14 Apr 1458 Kleve, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 15 Mar 1521
Early life. Anne was born in 1515, on either 22 September, or 28 June. She was born in Düsseldorf, the second daughter of John III of the House of La Marck, Duke of Jülich jure uxoris, Cleves, Berg jure uxoris, Count of Mark, also known as de la Marck and Ravensberg jure uxoris (often referred to as Duke of Cleves) who died in 1538, and his wife Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg (1491–1543).
John of Cleves is the name of: John, Count of Cleves (1293-1368), count of Cleves from 1347 to 1368; John I, Duke of Cleves, duke of Cleves from 1448 to 1481; John II, Duke of Cleves, duke of Cleves from 1481 to 1521; John III, Duke of Cleves, duke of Clèves from 1521 to 1539. Category:
