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Biography of Adolph La Marck 1334-1394

Paternal Family Tree: La Marck

Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Bethune 1264

In 1332 [his father] Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess Mark were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 41) and [his grandmother] Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

Around 1334 Adolph La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess Mark.

In 1341 [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess Mark died.

On 20 Oct 1347 [his father] Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck died.

On 16 Nov 1357 Adolph La Marck (age 23) was appointed Bishop Münster.

On 13 Jun 1363 Adolph La Marck (age 29) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.

In 1368 Adolph La Marck (age 34) succeeded I Count Cleves.

In 1369 Adolph La Marck (age 35) and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess Mark. They were fourth cousins.

On 02 Aug 1373 [his son] Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves was born to Adolph La Marck (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 23).

In 1374 [his son] Dietrich La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 24).

In 1375 [his daughter] Margaret La Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph La Marck (age 41) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 25).

In 1378 [his daughter] Elisabeth La Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph La Marck (age 44) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 28).

On 22 Dec 1391 [his brother] Engelbert La Marck III Count La Marck (age 58) died. His brother Adolph La Marck (age 57) succeeded III Count Mark. [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 41) by marriage Countess Mark.

In 1394 [his son-in-law] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 57) and [his daughter] Margaret La Marck Duchess Bavaria (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Adolph La Marck (age 60) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 44). He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 07 Sep 1394 Adolph La Marck (age 60) died.

On 10 Oct 1425 [his former wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 75) died.

[his daughter] Engelberta La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.

[his son] Gerhard La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.

Royal Ancestors of Adolph La Marck 1334-1394

Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Adolph La Marck 1334-1394

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Louis XII King France

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia

Louis I King Spain

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Louis XV King France

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

Ferdinand VI King Spain

Charles III King Spain

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Ferdinand VII King Spain

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Alfonso XII King Spain

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Adolph La Marck 1334-1394

Adolph La Marck 6 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves

Great x 2 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves

Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves

GrandFather: Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves

Great x 2 Grandfather: Everhard I Kiburg Laufenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves

Mother: Margaret Cleves Countess Mark 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard III Count Guelders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto II Duke Guelders 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald I Count Guelders 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu

GrandMother: Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert VII Lord Bethune

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune