Adolph II of the Marck

Who was Adolph II of the Marck?

Adolph II of the Marck 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 and his wife Mechtild of Virneburg. After obtaining a papal dispensation Adolf was allowed to marry Margaret of Cleves, the daughter of Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Guelders.

Adolph and Margaret of Cleves had seven children:

Engelbert III, Count of the Marck. Married 1 Richardis of Jülich, 2 Elisabeth of Sponheim.

Adolf III of the Marck. Archbishop of Cologne 1363–1364. Later Count of Cleves and of the Marck

Dietrich of the Marck. Bishop of Liège 1389, from which post he later resigned.

Eberhard of the Marck. Priest at Münster.

Margareta of the Marck. Married John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Mechtild of the Marck. Married Eberhard of Isenburg-Grenzau.

Elisabeth of the Marck married Gumprecht of Heppendorf.