Dietrich, Count of Mark

Dietrich (1374–1398) was the Count of Mark from 1393 until 1398.

Dietrich was the second son of Count Adolf III of the Marck and Margaret of Jülich.

Dietrich II studied at the University of Montpellier from 1353 to 1357.

His father had acquired the County of Cleves in 1368 and reserved this title for his eldest son Adolph to succeed him after his death. Dietrich already received the title of Count of Mark in 1393, when his father was still alive. When Dietrich fell in battle in 1398, he was succeeded by his elder brother Adolph, who had become Count of Cleves in 1394. Thus the County of Mark and the County of Cleves were reunited again.

References

• The Diocese of Münster 4.2 (Germania Sacra NF 17.2): The Cathedral Chapter of St. Paul in Münster, edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen; publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/New York. ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2. Germania Sacra NF 17.2, Biographies of the Canons, pp. 19ff. Digitized version.
• Wilfried G. Vogt: “Count Diderik of the Mark, killed near Elberfeld in 1398? A critical examination of his tomb slab and an objection to the alleged place of death.” In: Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark, vol. 89, 1998.