The Houses of Cleves (Kleve), Jülich (Juliers), Berg, etc.

Part 1

Dietrich I, 1092/1117 Graf von Kleve [Count of Cleves], was probably son of Rutger II Gf von Tomburg, himself probably son of Rutger I by his wife, Wazela, dau of Ezzo Pfgf von Lothringen; Rutger I himself seems to have been brother of Graf Gerhard Flamens, ancestor of the Counts and Dukes of Geldern.

Dietrich I was father of:

Arnold I Gf von Kleve (d.after 1146; bur Bedburg); m.Ida, dau of Duke Godfrey I of Lower Lorraine, and was father of:

1.Ct Arnold II of Cleves;

2. a daughter who m.Eberhard Gf von Altena;

and 3. Dietrich II Gf von Kleve (d.1172); m.Adelheid (d.1189), dau of Gebhard Gf von Sulzbach

Dietrich II had issue:

1a) Dietrich III Gf von Kleve (d.1200/3); m.1182 Margaret (d.after 1203), dau of Ct Floris of Holland

1b) Dietrich IV Gf von Kleve (d.1260); m.1^st Matilda, heiress of Dinslaken (d.ca 1224); m.2^nd ca 1226 Hedwig (d.2 Feb 1249), dau of Mgve Dietrich of Meissen

[by 1^st m.]:

1c) Dietrich von Kleve, gt von Dinslaken (1214/5-24 Mar 1245); m.1233 Isabelle (d.23 Oct 1272), dau of Duke Henry I of Brabant (and later wife of Gerhard von Wassenberg)

1d) Matilda, Lady of Durbuy (d.1304); m.before 3 Dec 1259 Gerhard von Luxemburg

2d) Elisabeth; m.Gerlach von Isenburg-Arenfels

2c) Margaret (d.10 Sep 1251); m.before 24 Nov 1240 Ct Otto II of Geldern (d.10 Jan 1271; bur Grafenthal)

[by 2^nd m.]:

3c) Dietrich V Gf von Kleve (ca 1226-18 Mar 1275; m.Adelheid, heiress of Hulchrath and Saffenberg (d.after 1303), dau of Heinrich von Heinsberg [Sponheim]

1d) Dietrich VI Gf von Kleve (1256/7-4 Oct 1305); m.1^st Margaret (d.1284/7), dau of Ct Otto II of Geldern; m.2^nd Erfurt 4 Jul 1290 Margaret (d.ca 1333), dau of Eberhard von Habsburg Gf von Kyburg

[by 1^st m.]:

1e) Otto Gf von Kleve (ca 1278-29 Sep 1310); m.1^st Adelheid, dau of Engelbert Gf von der Mark; m.2^nd 1 Aug 1308 Mechtild (d.after 1360), dau of Ruprecht Gf von Virneburg

1f) [ex 2] Irmgard (d.6 Aug 1362); m.ca 1324 Johann von Arkel (d.1359/60)

2e) Katharina, a nun in Grafenthal (fl 1303/57)

3e) Adelheid (d.after 7 Nov 1320); m.Heinrich Gf von Waldeck (d.1348)

[by 2^nd m.]:

4e) Dietrich VII Gf von Kleve (1291-7 Jul 1347); m.1^st May 1305 Margaret (d.26 Jun 1333), dau of Ct Reinald of Geldern; m.2^nd Dec 1340 Maria, dau of Gerhard Gf von Jülich, and widow of Heinrich von Virneburg (and later wife of Konrad von Saffenberg)

[by 1^st m.]:

1f) Margaret (fl 1314/48); m.15 Mar 1332 Adolf Gf von der Mark (d.1347); their second son inherited Kleve

2f) Elisabeth (d.Spangenberg 13 Nov 1382); m.1^st 1332 Gerhard von Voorne, Bggve of Seeland (d.20 Apr 1337); m.2^nd 1338 Ldgve Otto of Hesse (d.1366)

3f) Maria (fl 1333)

5e) Eberhard (fl 1312/16)

6e) Johann (d.19 Dec 1368); m.by 22 Feb 1348 Mechtild, Duchess of Geldern (d.Huissen 21 Sep 1382), dau of Duke Reinald II of Geldern, and widow of Gottfried Gf von Loen u.Chiny (and later wife of Jean de Châtillon Cte de Blois)

7e) Irmgard, zu Kranenburg (d.after 29 Mar 1352); m.Gerhard von Horn (d.1330; bur Brussels)

8e) Agnes; m.shortly after 13 May 1309 Adolf Gf von Berg (d.3 Apr 1348)

9e) Maria, a nun in Bedburg (d.1347)

10e) Anna (d.1378); m.Gottfried Gf von Arnsberg

11e) Margaret (bur Bruges); m.Henry of Flanders, Ct of Lodi (d.6 Nov 1337; bur Bruges)

2d) Dietrich of Cleves, a priest in Köln (b.1257/8, d.by 1285)

3d) Dietrich Luf, Gf von Hülchrath (ca 1260-1308/9); m.1^st NN; m.2^nd Lisa, dau of Heinrich Gf von Virneburg, and widow of Heinrich Gf von Kessel

[by 1^st m.]:

1e) Catharine (d.after 2 Jul 1357); m.1^st Walram Gf von Kessel (d.10 Oct 1304); m.2^nd by 16 Aug 1308 Dietrich Gf von Katzenelnbogen (d.Basel 11 May 1315); m.3^rd Heinrich Raugf zu Altenbaumberg (d.1326)

[by 2^nd m.]:

2e) Dietrich Luf Gf von Hülcrath (d.10 Jul 1332); m.Matilda, Frau von Voorne, Bgvne of Seeland (d.12 Mar 1372), dau of Gerhard von Voorne (and later wife of Dietrich von Valkenburg)

1f) Elisabeth (d.1347); m.1^st Gottfried von Jülich (d.3 May 1335); m.2^nd 1336 Wilhelm von Horn (d.1343)

3e) Sifrid Luf of Cleves, a priest in Münster, Köln, etc (d.after 1343)

4e) Otto of Cleves, a priest in Münster, Köln, etc (d.10 May 1349)

5e) Reinold Luf, zu Gertrudenberg, Hr zu Bergen-op-Zoom; m.Mechtilde van Wesemale, Frau von Bergen-op-Zoom (d.1343), dau of Arnold van Wesemaele, and widow of Albert von Voorne, Bggve of Seeland

6e) Eberhard (fl 1321/3)

7e) Elisabeth, later Abbess of Klarenberg (d.21 Mar 1363); m.1^st 1311 Willem van Brederode (d.1316); m.2^nd 1326 Konrad von der Mark (d.14 Mar 1353)

8e) Aleidis; m.by 1323 Wilhelm v.Hertefeld

9e) Aleidis (fl 1311/53); m.1^st 1311 Rudolf von Reifferscheidt (d.16 Apr 1329); m.2^nd Dietrich von Kervenheim

10e) Johann, a canon in Münster, k.a.1313/4

11e) Agnes; m.1^st Wigbold v.Loon (d.14 Aug 1312); m.2^nd Roger von Leefdael, Bgve of Brussels (d.29 Jan 1333)

4d) Agnes, a nun in Bedburg (fl 1269/1312)

5d) Irmgard (d.11 May 1319); m.1^st Konrad von Saffenberg; m.2^nd Wilhelm Gf von Berg (d.16 Apr 1308)

6d) Mechtild (d.21 Dec 1309); m.by 26 Feb 1276 Landgrave Heinrich I of Hesse (d.21 Dec 1308; bur Marburg Elisabethkirche)

4c) Dietrich Luf, lord of Dinslaken and Wesel, 1252/9 Gf von Saarbrücken (d.25 May 1277); m.1^st 1252 Laurette Gfn von Saarbrücken (d.after 13 Nov 1270), dau of Simon Gf von Saarbrücken, and widow of Joffroi d’Aspremont; m.2^nd Elisabeth N

1d) [possibly illegitimate] Dietrich von Saarbrücken, living 1291; m.Beatrix von Ringenberg à issue

2d) Richardis Luf, zu Gladbach; m.ca 1285 Gerlach von Dollendorf

5c) Eberhard (fl 1275)

6c) Agnes; m.1^st Bernhard IV zur Lippe (d.1275); m.2^nd Rudolf von Diepholz

7c) Jutta; m.Duke Walram of Limburg (d.24 Oct 1279)

2a) Arnold von Kleve (d.ca 1200); m.Adelheid, Frau von Heinsberg (d.before 1217; bur Heinsberg), dau of Gottfried von Heinsberg

1b) Dietrich I von Falkenburg und Heinsberg (d.4 Nov 1227); m.1^st Isabella, dau of Duke Heinrich of Limburg; m.2^nd Beatrix, dau.of Gerhard Wildgf, and widow of Philipp von Bolanden

[by 1^st m.]:

1c) Heinrich von Falkenburg, a canon in Köln 1231/67

2c) Agnes von Falkenburg, heiress of Heinsberg (d.1267); m.ca 1230 Heinrich Gf von Sponheim

3c) Mechtild; m.Arnold Hr zu Heusden

4c) a dau; m.Roger de Rozoy (k.a.Mansurah 8 Feb 1250)

[by 2^nd m.]:

5c) Dietrich II von Falkenburg (k.a.at Köln 14 Oct 1268); m.1^st (div by 1237) Margareta, dau of Ct Gerhard of Geldern (and later wife of Wilhelm Gf von Jülich); m.2^nd after 1246 Bertha, heiress of Monschau (d.20 Apr 1254), dau.of Walram of Limburg; m.3^rd after 1254 Aleidis, dau of Arnold Gf von Looz (and later wife of Albrecht von Voorne Bggve of Seeland)

[by 2^nd m.]:

1d) Walram “der Rote”, in Valkenburg, Monschau and Sittard (1252-5 Sep 1302; bur Sittard); m.Philippa, heires of Süsteren (d.after 1294), dau of Ct Otto of Geldern

1e) Dietrich, in Monschau, Valkenburg, Sittard u.Süsteren (d.16 Jul 1305)

2e) Reinald, in Monschau und Valkenburg (d.12 Jul 1333); m.Maria, dau of Heinrich von Boutershem

1f) Walram (k.a.1329)

2f) Dietrich, in Monschau und Valkenburg (k.a.19 Jul 1346); m.by 1336 Matilda, Frau van Voorne (d.12 Mar 1372), dau of Gerhard von Voorne, Bgve of Seeland, and widow of Dietrich Luf von Kleve

3f) Reiner (d.1342)

4f) Johann, in Monschau, Valkenburg u.Bütgenbach (d.9 Aug 1352); m.Johanna (d.29 Dec 1349), dau of Albrecht von Voorne

5f) Philippa, heiress of Valkenburg and Sittard; m.10 Oct 1352 Henry of Flanders, lord of Ninove (d.1366)

6f) Margaret (d.after 4 Jun 1360); m.1^st Hartard von Schönecken (d.1351); m.2^nd 1356 Burkhard von Vinstingen

7f) Adelheid, heiress of St.Vith and Bütgenbach (d.1332); m.Heinrich II von Vianden

8f) Maria, 1355 Abbess of Maubeuge (d.after 20 Sep 1365); m.ca 1326 Eberhard von Tomberg

9f) Beatrix (d.1334); m.Dietrich van Brederode (d.Sep 1377_

10f) Elisabeth

3e) Johann von Falkenburg (d.3 Mar 1356); m.1^st Maria van Cuyk; m.2^nd Catharina van Voorne

1f) [by 1^st m.] Walram von Falkenburg, d.3 May 1378; m.1^st 1348/9 Aleidis von Asperen; m.2^nd Jeanne de Châtillon

2f) [by 2^nd m.] Philippa von Falkenburg; m.1^st Gottfried v.Heinsberg; m.2^nd Johann Gf von Salm

3f) [by 1^st m.] Reinold von Falkenburg, d.17 Jan 1396; m.1393 Elisabeth, dau of Adolf Gf von Kleve (and later wife of Duke Stephan of Bavaria)

4f) [by 2^nd m.] a dau; m.Otto von Heukelom

4e) Elisabeth von Falkenburg; m.Simon Gf von Sponheim

2d) Elisabeth; m.Engelbert Gf von der Mark (d.16 Nov 1277)

[by 3^rd m.]:

3d) Beatrix, d.17 Oct 1277; m.1269 Richard, Earl of Cornwall, German King (d.1272)

4d) Aleidis, Abbess of Münsterbilsen, d.9 Nov 1295

5d) Beatrix; m.Willem van Hartert

6d) a dau., m.Arnold von Stein-Elsloo

6c) Engelbert von Falkenburg, Archbishop of Köln, d.Bonn 20 Oct 1274

2b) Arnold of Cleves, k.a.Damiette 1218

3b) Agnes of Cleves, a nun, d.before 1212

3a) Margaret of Cleves, d.ca 1184; m.1172 Ludwig III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d.1190)

4a) Adelheid of Cleves; m.1186 Ct Dietrich VII of Holland