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.

In 1481, he 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.

He married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489. 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

• Karl Leopold Strauven (1876), "Engelbert von Cleve", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 330
• Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. Band I, 1975, S. 190. (DNB 750531436)
• Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot: Cahiers de Saint Louis. Verlag Jacques Dupont, Angers 1976, S. 267.