Adolf, Duke of Guelders

Adolf, Duke of Guelders
Adolf's coat of arms
Spouse(s)	Catharine of Bourbon
Noble family	House of Egmond
Father	Arnold, Duke of Guelders
Mother	Catherine of Cleves
Born	12 February 1438 Grave
Died	27 June 1477 (aged 39) Tournai

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

He 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, he 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.

Coat of arms of Adolf

Family and issue

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

• Philippa (1467–1547), married in 1485 René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451–1508)
• Charles (1467–1538), later Duke of Guelders, married in 1518 with Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1494–1572), daughter of Henry I of Lüneburg.

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