Dietrich V, Count of Cleves explained

Dietrich V, Count of Cleves
Noble Family:	House of Cleves
Father:	Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves
Mother:	Margaret of Holland
Spouse:	Mathilda of Dinslaken Hedwig of Meissen
Birth Date:	1185
Birth Place:	Kleve
Death Date:	1260

Dietrich V was Count of Cleves from 1202 through 1260.^[1] Dietrich was born about 1185 as the son of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Holland.

In 1234, he participated in the Stedinger Crusade.

Marriage and issue

In c. 1215 he married Mathilda of Dinslaken (d. 1226). Their children were:

• Dietrich of Cleves (c.1216), married Elizabeth of Brabant

Secondly, he married Hedwig of Meissen (d. 1249), daughter of Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. Their children were:

• A first son who died young
• Dietrich VI of Cleves (1245–75), married Adelaide of Heinsberg
• Dietrich Luf I of Cleves (1247–77)
• Agnes of Cleves (c. 1230), married Bernard IV, Lord of Lippe
• Jutta of Cleves (c. 1232), married Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg

Sources

• Book: Maier, Christoph T. . Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century . Cambridge University Press . 1994 .
• Book: Pollock, M. A. . Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie" . The Boydell Press . 2015 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biographie . Deutsche . Kleve - Deutsche Biographie . 2024-02-10 . www.deutsche-biographie.de . de.