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	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, Engelbert 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.

Engelbert married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme (1474-1520), 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
8. Adolf III of the Marck 4. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves 9. Margaret of Jülich 2. John I, Duke of Cleves 10. John the Fearless 5. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves 11. Margaret of Bavaria 1. Engelbert, Count of Nevers 12. Philip II, Count of Nevers 6. John II, Count of Nevers 13. Bonne of Artois 3. Elizabeth of Nevers 14. Raoul d'Ailly 7. Jacqueline d'Ailly 15. Jaqueline of Béthune

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