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Adolf, Duke of Guelders
Adolf's coat of arms
Born(1438-02-12)12 February 1438
Grave
Died27 June 1477(1477-06-27) (aged 39)
Tournai
Noble familyHouse of Egmond
Spouse(s)Catherine of Bourbon
Issue
FatherArnold, Duke of Guelders
MotherCatherine of Cleves
Coat of arms of Adolf

Adolf of Egmond (Grave, February 12, 1438 – Tournai, June 27, 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465 to 1471 and in 1477.

Life

Adolf was the son of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves. In the battle of succession for Guelders, he imprisoned in 1465 his own father and became Duke with the support of Philip the Good, who also made him Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. In 1468 he won the Battle of Straelen against Cleves, but Charles the Bold reinstated his father Arnold, and Adolf was imprisoned in Hesdin.

After the death of Charles the Bold in 1477, Adolf was liberated by the Flemish. He died the same year at the head of a Flemish army besieging Tournai, after the States of Guelders had recognized him as Duke. His body was buried in Tournai Cathedral.

Family and issue

Adolf married Catherine of Bourbon (1440–1469), daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, in 1463. They had twin children :

Ancestors

Ancestors of Adolf, Duke of Guelders
16. John I, Lord of Egmond
8. Arnold I, Lord of Egmond
17. Guida of IJsselstein
4. John II, Count of Egmond
18. Frederick VII of Leningen
9. Jolanthe of Leiningen
19. Jolanthe of Jülich
2. Arnold, Duke of Guelders
20. Otto, Lord of Arkel
10. John V, Lord of Arkel
21. Elisabeth of Bar-Pierrepont
5. Maria van Arkel
22. William II, Duke of Jülich
11. Joanna of Jülich
23. Maria of Guelders
1. Adolf, Duke of Guelders
24. Adolph II of the Marck
12. Adolf III of the Marck
25. Margaret of Cleves
6. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
26. Gerhard VI of Jülich
13. Margaret of Jülich
27. Margaret of Ravensberg
3. Catherine of Cleves
28. Philip the Bold
14. John the Fearless
29. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
7. Marie of Burgundy
30. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
15. Margaret of Bavaria
31. Margaret of Brieg

References

  1. Vaughan 2004, p. 292.
  2. ^ Vaughan 2004, p. 113.
  3. Nijsten 2004, p. 365.
  4. ^ Nijsten 2004, p. xx.

Sources

  • Nijsten, Gerard (2004). In the Shadow of Burgundy: The Court of Guelders in the Late Middle Ages. Translated by Guest, Tanis. Cambridge University Press.
  • Vaughan, Richard (2004). Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy. Vol. 3. The Boydell Press.
Adolf, Duke of Guelders House of EgmondBorn: 12 February 1438 Died: 27 June 1477
Preceded byArnold Duke of Guelders
1465–1471 		Succeeded byArnold
Preceded byCharles the Bold Duke of Guelders
1477–1477 		Succeeded byMary of Burgundy
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