Dietrich V, Count of Cleves

Dietrich V was Count of Cleves from 1202 through 1260.^[1] Dietrich was born about 1185 as the son of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Holland.^[2]

Dietrich V, Count of Cleves
Born	1185 Kleve
Died	1260
Noble family	House of Cleves
Spouse(s)	Mathilda of Dinslaken Hedwig of Meissen
Father	Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves
Mother	Margaret of Holland

In 1234, he participated in the Stedinger Crusade.^[3]

Marriage and issue

In c. 1215 he married Mathilda of Dinslaken (d. 1226).^[2] Their children were:

• Dietrich of Cleves (c.1216), married Elizabeth of Brabant^[2]
• Margaretha of Cleves (c.1218), married Otto II of Guelders ^[2]

Secondly, he married Hedwig of Meissen^[1] (d. 1249), daughter of Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. Their children were:

• A first son who died young^[1]
• Dietrich VI of Cleves (1245–75), married Adelaide of Heinsberg^[1]
• Dietrich Luf I of Cleves (1247–77)^[1]
• Agnes of Cleves (c. 1230), married Bernard IV, Lord of Lippe
• Jutta of Cleves (c. 1232), married Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg

References

1. Biographie, Deutsche. "Kleve - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
2. Pollock 2015, p. xv.
3. Maier 1994, p. 54.

Sources

• Maier, Christoph T. (1994). Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge University Press.
• Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie". The Boydell Press.

Preceded by Arnold II

Count of Cleves 1201–1260

Succeeded by Dietrich VI