Not to be confused with Adolph II of the Marck, Archbishopric of Cologne, his son.

Adolph II of the Marck (died 19/20 Oct 1347, Fröndenberg) was Count of the Marck.

He was the eldest son of Engelbert II of the Marck and Mechtild of Arenberg.

Adolph was betrothed to Irmgard of Cleves, daughter of Otto, Count of Cleves

Otto, Count of Cleves

Otto was Count of Cleves from 1305 through 1310.The County of Cleves was a comital polity of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany and the Netherlands . Its rulers, called counts, had a special and privileged standing in the Empire. The County of Cleves was first mentioned in the 11th century...

 and his (second) wife Mechtild of Virneburg. After obtaining a papal dispensation Adolf was allowed to marry Margaret of Cleves, the daughter of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves

Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves

Dietrich VII was Count of Cleves from 1275 through 1305.The County of Cleves was a comital polity of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany and the Netherlands . Its rulers, called counts, had a special and privileged standing in the Empire. The County of Cleves was first mentioned in the...

 and Margaret of Gelre.

Adolph and Margaret of Cleves had seven children:

• Engelbert III, Count of the Marck (28 Feb 1333-Wetter 22 Dec 1391). Married 1) Richardis of Jülich, 2) Elisabeth of Sponheim.
• Adolf III of the Marck
  Adolf III of the Marck
  Adolph III of the Marck was the Bishop of Münster from 1357 until 1363, the Archbishop of Cologne in 1363, the Count of Cleves from 1368 until 1394, and the Count of Mark from 1391 until 1393.Adolph was the second son of Count Adolph II of the Marck...
  
   (1334 - 7 Sep 1394, Cleves). Archbishop of Cologne 1363-1364. Later Count of Cleves and of the Marck
• Dietrich of the Marck (1336-25 May 1406). Bishop of Liège 1389, from which post he later resigned.
• Eberhard of the Marck (1341-after 1360). Priest at Münster.
• Margareta of the Marck (-12 Sep 1409). Married John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
  John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
  John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (Dutch: Jan I van Nassau-Dillenburg, German: Johann I von Nassau-Dillenburg (ca. 13404 September 1416, Keppel) Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg, was a son of Count Otto II of...
  
  
• Mechtild of the Marck (-after 18 Oct 1390). Married Eberhard of Isenburg-Grenzau.
• Elisabeth of the Marck married Gumprecht of Heppendorf.