Johan II of Cleves

Male 1458 - 1521  (63 years)


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  • Name Johan II of Cleves 
    Birth 1458 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1521 
    Siblings 1 sibling 
     1. Johan II of Cleves,   b. 1458   d. 1521  (Age 63 years)
     2. Adolf van Büderich,   b. 1461   d. 1498  (Age 37 years)
     
    Person ID I1721  Database
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2015 

    Father Johan I of Cleves,   b. 1419   d. 1481 (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth of Nevers,   b. 1440   d. 1483 (Age 43 years) 
    Family ID F770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Spouse / Partner Mathilde of Hesse,   b. 1473   d. 1505 (Age 32 years) 
    Children 
       1. Female Helena (bastard) of Cleves,   b. 1466   d. Yes, date unknown
       2. Male Johan III of Cleves,   b. 1490   d. 1539 (Age 49 years)
       3. Female Elisabeth (bastard) of Cleves   d. Yes, date unknown
       4. Female Anna of Cleves,   b. 1495   d. 1567 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2015 

  • Notes 
    • John II, "The Pious" or "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Pious" oder "der Kindermacher", Herzog vonKleve, Graf von Mark) (1458–1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Clevesand Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called "The Babymaker" since he fathered sixty-three illegitimate children before his marriage with Mathilde of Hesse in 1490.