Engelbert, Count of Nevers

Engelbert, Count of Nevers
Coat-of-arms of Nevers
Spouse(s)	Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme
Issue Charles II, Count of Nevers
Noble family	House of La Marck
Father	John I, Duke of Cleves
Mother	Elizabeth of Nevers
Born	26 September 1462
Died	21 November 1506

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, he was sent with a large army to the Bishopric of Utrecht by his brother John II, Duke of Cleves instead of David of Burgundy. But after the Siege of Utrecht (1483) he had to flee, and Utrecht remained under control of Burgundy.

He married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489. Their son

• Charles II, Count of Nevers, married Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel.

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

16. Adolph II of the Marck               8. Adolf III of the Marck                       17. Margaret of Cleves               4. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves                             18. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg               9. Margaret of Jülich                       19. Margaret of Ravensberg               2. John I, Duke of Cleves                                   20. Philip the Bold               10. John the Fearless                       21. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders               5. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves                             22. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria               11. Margaret of Bavaria                       23. Margaret of Brieg               1. Engelbert, Count of Nevers                                         24. Philip the Bold (= 20)               12. Philip II, Count of Nevers                       25. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (= 21)               6. John II, Count of Nevers                             26. Philip of Artois, Count of Eu               13. Bonne of Artois                       27. Marie, Duchess of Auvergne               3. Elizabeth of Nevers                                   28. Baudouin d'Ailly               14. Raoul d'Ailly                       29. Jeanne de Raineval               7. Jacqueline d'Ailly                             30. Robert VIII of Béthune               15. Jaqueline of Béthune                       31. Isabeau de Ghistelles

References

• Karl Leopold Strauven (1876), "Engelbert von Cleve", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 4, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 330
• Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. Band I, 1975, S. 190. (DNB 750531436)
• Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot: Cahiers de Saint Louis. Verlag Jacques Dupont, Angers 1976, S. 267.