Adolf III ( German: Adolf III von der Mark ; - , ) - Bishop of Münster in 1357–1363, Archbishop of Cologne in 1363, Count of Cleves (under the name Adolf I ) from 1368 years and Count Mark in 1391-1393.
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| Predecessor | Ludwig II of Hesse | ||||||
| Successor | Johann V von Werneburg | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Johann I von Werneburg | ||||||
| Successor | Engelbert III von der Mark | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Johann of Cleves | ||||||
| Successor | Adolf II von der Mark | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Engelbert III von der Mark | ||||||
| Successor | Adolph IV von der Mark | ||||||
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| Kind | House La Marc | ||||||
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| Mother | Margarita Klevskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Margarita Yulikhskaya | ||||||
| Children | see article | ||||||
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Biography
Adolf was the second son of Count Mark Adolph II of the house of Lamarck .
In November 1357, Pope Innocent VI appointed him Bishop of Münster .
In 1362, Adolf concluded an agreement with his elder brother Engelbert III , Earl of Mark, according to which he would inherit the county of Cleve from his maternal uncle Johann of Cleves, since Johann had no children.
In July 1363, Adolf received the post of archbishop of Cologne, but resigned after a year.
In 1368, Adolf succeeded Johann of Cleves and asserted his authority thanks to the support of Engelbert III, who became bishop of Liege.
After the death in 1391 of Engelbert III who left no heirs, Adolf inherited the county of Mark from his brother. In 1393, Adolf transferred Mark to his second son, Dietrich (1374-1398). The third son, Gerhard (1387-1461), became Earl of Mark since 1437, after the death of his older brothers.
After the death of Adolf in 1394, the county of Cleves was inherited by the eldest of his sons, Adolf . The descendants of Adolf ruled Cleves county for six generations.
Family and Children
In 1369, Adolf married Margarita Yulikhskaya, from whom he had fourteen children, at least five of whom died in infancy. Children:
- Mint (born c. 1369)
- Joanna (born c. 1370), abbess
- Adolph (1373-1448)
- Dietrich (1374-1398)
- Margarita (1375-1411), ∞ 1394 Albrecht I, Count of Holland (d.1404)
- Elizabeth (1378-1439), ∞ Reynold von Walkenburg (d. 1396) and Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
- Gerhard (1387-1461)
- Engelbert (d. 1458), ∞ Frederick IV von Merce (1376-1448)
- Catherine (c. 1395 - 1459)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 136911323 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage