Adolf van Egmond

1438 - 1477  (39 years)

• Name	Adolf van Egmond
  Birth	1438
  Gender	Male
  Death	1477
  Person ID	I684	Database
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Arnold van Egmond,   b. 1410   d. 1473 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Catherina of Cleves,   b. 1417   d. 1476 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Catherina de Bourbon,   b. 1440   d. 1469 (Age 29 years)
  Children	1. Karel van Egmond,   b. 1467   d. 1538 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2016

  
  

• Notes

  He was the son of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves. In the battle of succession for Guelders, he imprisoned in 1465 his own father and became Duke with the support of Philip the Good, who also made him Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. In 1468 he won the Battle of Straelen against Cleves, but Charles the Bold reinstated his father Arnold, and Adolf was imprisoned in Hesdin. After the death of Charles the Bold in 1477, he was liberated by theFlemish. He died the same year at the head of a Flemish army besieging Tournai, after the States of Guelders had recognized him as Duke. His body was buried in Tournai Cathedral.