Margaret of Ravensberg
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Margaret of Ravensberg was the daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg and Margaret of Berg.
Margaret's father Otto had no sons so at his death in 1328, the County of Ravensberg went to his younger brother Bernhard. However, when Bernhard died in 1346 without issue, Margaret became the heiress of Ravensberg, her elder sister and only sibling, Hedwig, having died in 1336. Then, when Margaret's uncle, Adolf IX of Berg
, died in 1348 without issue, Margaret also inherited Berg by right of her mother, since Margaret was the only surviving niece of Adolf.
As a result of her marriage to Gerhard VI of Jülich, Berg
and Ravensberg passed into the house of Jülich where they remained until 1511 when they passed into the house of Cleves.
. They had three children:
Margaret's father Otto had no sons so at his death in 1328, the County of Ravensberg went to his younger brother Bernhard. However, when Bernhard died in 1346 without issue, Margaret became the heiress of Ravensberg, her elder sister and only sibling, Hedwig, having died in 1336. Then, when Margaret's uncle, Adolf IX of Berg
Adolf IX of Berg
Adolf IX of Berg was the eldest son of Henry of Berg, Lord of Windeck and Agnes of the Mark....
, died in 1348 without issue, Margaret also inherited Berg by right of her mother, since Margaret was the only surviving niece of Adolf.
As a result of her marriage to Gerhard VI of Jülich, Berg
Berg (state)
Berg was a state – originally a county, later a duchy – in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.-Ascent:...
and Ravensberg passed into the house of Jülich where they remained until 1511 when they passed into the house of Cleves.
Family and children
Margaret married Gerhard VI of JülichGerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg
Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg was the son of William V, Duke of Jülich and Joanna of Hainaut.Gerhard was betrothed in 1333 to Margaret of Guelders, daughter of Rainald II of Guelders and Sophia Betrout. However, this marriage was never consummated, likely due either to...
. They had three children:
- Elizabeth (c.1346 - aft 1388), married Henry VI, Count of Waldeck
- WilliamWilliam VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of BergWilliam VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg was born in Jülich, the son of Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, and Margaret, daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg, and Margaret of Berg....
(c.1348 - 1408) - Margaret (c.1350 - 1425/29), married Adolf I of Kleve-MarkAdolf III of the MarckAdolph 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...