Adolf, Duke of Guelders

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

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

Adolf, Duke of Guelders House of Egmond Born: 12 February 1438 Died: 27 June 1477
Preceded by Arnold	Duke of Guelders 1465–1471	Succeeded by Arnold
Preceded by Charles the Bold	Duke of Guelders 1477–1477	Succeeded by Mary of Burgundy

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