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In 1119 Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves succeeded I Count Cleves.
In 1147 Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves (age 28) died. His son Dietrich succeeded II Count Cleves.
In 1172 Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich succeeded III and IV Count Cleves.
In 1188 Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich succeeded V Count Cleves.
In 1188 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves was appointed VIII Count Cleves.
Around 1215 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Mathilda Dinslaken Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves.
Before 1226 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves.
Before 1256 Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves (age 29) and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves.
In 1260 Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves died. His son Dietrich (age 34) succeeded VI Count Cleves.
In 1275 Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves (age 49) died. His son Dietrich (age 19) succeeded VII Count Cleves.
On 4th October 1305 Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves (age 49) died. His son Otto (age 27) succeeded Count Cleves.
In 1310 Otto Cleves Count Cleves (age 32) died. His half brother Dietrich (age 19) succeeded VIII Count Cleves. Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves by marriage Countess Cleves.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1340 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 49) and Maria Jülich Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich and Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 7th June 1347 Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 56) died. His brother Johann (age 54) succeeded Count Cleves. Mathilde Guelders Countess Blois and Cleves (age 22) by marriage Countess Cleves.
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.
Otto Cleves Count Cleves and Mechteld von Virneburg Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Otto Cleves Count Cleves and Adelheid Mark Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Engelbert Mark 1st Count Mark. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Otto II Duke Guelders and Margaretha Cleves. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves. They were half first cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves and Ida Reginar Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.
Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves and Adelaide Sulzbach Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Arnaud Cleves I Count Cleves and Ida Reginar Countess Cleves.
Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves and Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland. He the son of Dietrich Cleves II Count Cleves and Adelaide Sulzbach Countess Cleves. They were fifth cousin once removed.