dietrich, count, cleves, dietrich, count, cleves, from, 1147, through, 1172, arnold, count, cleves, daughter, godfrey, count, louvain, county, cleves, german, grafschaft, kleve, dutch, graafschap, kleef, comital, polity, holy, roman, empire, present, germany, . Dietrich II was Count of Cleves from 1147 through 1172 son of Arnold I Count of Cleves and Ida the daughter of Godfrey I Count of Louvain The County of Cleves German Grafschaft Kleve Dutch Graafschap Kleef was a comital polity of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany part of North Rhine Westphalia and the Netherlands parts of Limburg North Brabant and Gelderland Its rulers called counts had a special and privileged standing in the Empire The County of Cleves was first mentioned in the 11th century In 1417 the county became a duchy German Herzogtum Kleve Dutch Hertogdom Kleef and its rulers were raised to the status of Dukes Its history is closely related to that of its neighbours the Duchies of Julich Berg and Guelders and the County of Mark In 1368 Cleves and Mark were united In 1521 Julich Berg Cleves and Mark formed the United Duchies of Julich Cleves Berg The territory was situated on both sides of the river Rhine around its capital Cleves and roughly covering today s districts of Cleves Wesel and the city of Duisburg He married Adelaide the daughter of Gebhard III of Sulzbach and Matilda of Bavaria they had the following issue Dietrich III successor Adelaide Arnold c 1155 1201 married Adelaide of HeinsbergPreceded byArnold I Count of Cleves1147 1172 Succeeded byDietrich III Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dietrich II Count of Cleves amp oldid 1111848036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,