Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

For other people of this name, see Margaret of Cleves (disambiguation).

Margaret of Cleves (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy.^[1] She married

• William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375–1435), having two children with him:
  • Adolph (1434–1441);
  • William (1435);
• Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (1413–1480), having one child with him
  • Catharina (1441–1497) - became a Premonstratensian then a Dominican nun in Würzburg, then finally ending up in the monastery under the protection of bishop Rudolf van Würzburg

Margarethe von Cleve

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

8. Adolph II of the Mark (c.1314–1347) 4. Adolph I of Kleve-Mark (1334–1394) 9. Margaret of Cleves (c.1310-aft 1348) 2. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448) 10. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg (c.1325–1360) 5. Margaret of Jülich (c.1350–1425/29) 11. Margaret of Ravensberg (c.1320–1389) 1. Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich 12. Philip the Bold (1343–1404) 6. John the Fearless (1371–1419) 13. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1393–1466) 3. Mary of Burgundy (1393–1466) 14. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1350–1405) 7. Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1424) 15. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)