KLEVE Dietrich

1190 - 1260  (70 years)

• Name	KLEVE Dietrich
  Birth	1190	Herzogtum Kleve, Heiliges Römisches Reich
  Gender	Male
  Death	1260	Heinsburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich
  Notes	Mentoned in 1223.[1] In 1240 Dirk of Kleve promises to liberate duke Henry I of Brabant of his pledge for him made at the time of the marriage of his daughter to count Otto of Gelre.[2] Marriages: 1. The name of his first wife, who died around 1224 , is not known, but it is assumed she was Mathilde (Mechtild) van Dinslaken. They had children: born around 1214/1215 son Dietrich primogenitus ( died in 1245 ) Margaretha ( died 1251 ) , the future wife Count Otto II . von Geldern ( born around 1215, reign 1229-1271 ) 2. His second wife he married around 1226 Hedwig of Meissen ( died 1249/1250 ) , children: Dietrich ( V./VII ) Jutta ( died 1275/1276 ) , who married the Duke of Limburg Agnes ( died probably in 1285 ) Sources ↑ Oorkonden van Noord-Brabant 690-1312 huygens knaw retroboeken pg nr. 124. ↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaire des chartes et cartulaires des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg et des pays Outre Meuse. Deuxième partie. Cartulaires. Tome I, 1961, p. 87. Dietrich VI von Kleve John fitz Geoffrey, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2017.
  Person ID	I59034	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	KLEVE Dietrich,   b. Abt 1164, Herzogtum Kleve, Heiliges Römisches Reich d. 12 Jul 1198, Cleves, Germany (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	HOLLAND Margaretha,   b. 1164, Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands d. 03 Nov 1203 (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1182
  Family ID	F26270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DYUSLECHEN Mathilde,   b. Abt 1190, Tirol, Austria d. Abt 1228, Austria (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	1214
  Children	1. KLEVE Thierry,   b. Abt 1215, Brabant, Belgium d. 24 Mar 1245 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026