28:
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The Munich State
Library (Cod. Germ. 84) contains the "Prayer Book of Sybille von Kleve", dated 1526. In his research, the art historian Eberhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg, based on an identical prayer book (on loan from the Cologne canon Valentin Engelhart von Geltersheym in the research library)
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and his first wife, Anna of WĂĽrttemberg. Her father earned an extreme amount of wealth and territories due to his marriage to
Mathilde's mother Anna, and gained the nickname "the Rich". She became an heiress to the County of Katzenelnbogen after the death of her father in 1479. A dispute later
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had awarded Duke John the Golden Rose of Virtue on 15 April 1489 . This is remarkable in light of the fact that John, with his alleged 63 illegitimate children, had the dubious reputation of being a "child maker". From then on, John called himself "Johann von Kleve, Count of La Marck and
248:
Mathilde's parents, like their older sister
Elisabeth, tried to secure the Katzenelnbogen legacy with an early marriage policy. In the summer of 1481, she was engaged to John of Cleves, and the marriage was scheduled for 1485. However, it took place on 3 November 1489, after
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proves that both prayer books come from a
Cologne workshop. He states that only Mathilde could have been the first owner of the prayer book and that after her death, it was passed down to her granddaughter
873:
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developed around this inheritance, which was also called the "Katzenelnbogischen succession dispute". At the end, Mathilde's brother
William benefited from the inheritance.
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225:
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John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford
University Press, 1989), page 135.
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Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600) (in French). Librairie Droz S.A.
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218:
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Urkunde vom 30. August 1503; Stadtarchiv Tallin (TLA.230.1 Tallinna
Magistraat, Urkunde I.894).
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108:
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Mathilde was born on 4 July 1473 into the Hesse noble family, was the younger daughter of
8:
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Mathilde died on 19 February 1505 from unknown causes at the young age of 31 in
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44:
856:
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61:
27:
277:(1490–1539), succeeded as Duke of Cleves and Count of the Marck
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Ludwig III (1460-1478). Never married and died without issue.
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Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934).
175:(1443-1494). She is notable for being the grandmother to
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William III, Landgrave of Hesse (1471-1500). Married
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Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin
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Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg (1466–1523). She married
155:) was a Landrave princess from birth and became the
893:
860:
254:Katzenelnbogen". She married on 3 November 1489 in
167:in 1489 until her death. She was the daughter of
904:
32:Matilde of Hesse illustrated in her prayer book.
872:FĂĽrstinnen und Konfession; Sybille von Kleve
314:where her husband would be buried much later.
270:. The marriage produced three known children:
898:. Vol. XIII. Cambridge University Press.
207:Mathilde also had five siblings. They were:
26:
283:(1495–1567), married in 1518 with count
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702:
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775:
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749:
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661:
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619:
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471:
467:
451:
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235:
510:Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse
291:Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein
448:Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
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193:Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
169:Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
127:Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
13:
778:Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard
632:Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
606:Johann IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen
422:Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg
201:Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
14:
954:
861:Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934
723:Eberhard IV, Count of WĂĽrttemberg
542:Catherine of Brunswick-LĂĽneburg
285:Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg
866:
842:
833:
484:Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
364:Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
219:John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1:
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339:Ancestors of Matilda of Hesse
896:The Cambridge Modern History
151:– 19 February 1505 in
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390:Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
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10:
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933:15th-century German people
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457:
351:
310:. She was laid to rest in
938:15th-century German women
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527:
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469:
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244:Matilda's daughter, Anna.
171:(1441-1483) and his wife
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122:
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92:
67:
51:
37:
25:
18:
662:13. Anna of Katzelnbogen
179:the fourth wife of King
163:through her marriage to
109:John III, Duke of Cleves
260:John II, Duke of Cleves
228:and died without heirs.
211:Frederick (died young).
165:John II, Duke of Cleves
97:John II, Duke of Cleves
747:7. Anna of WĂĽrttemberg
687:Anna of Katzenelnbogen
327:as a wedding present.
264:John I, Duke of Cleves
245:
231:Heinrich (died young).
197:Anna of Katzenelnbogen
173:Anna of Katzenelnbogen
137:Anna of Katzenelnbogen
943:Daughters of monarchs
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221:and had six children.
187:Early life and family
928:Duchesses of Cleves
863:, p. table 38.
318:Prayer book origins
268:Elizabeth of Nevers
312:Stiftskirche Kleve
251:Pope Innocent VIII
246:
236:Marriage and issue
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568:Mathilde of Hesse
325:Sibylle of Cleves
262:. He was son of
157:Duchess of Cleves
145:Mathilde of Hesse
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20:Mathilde of Hesse
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302:Death and burial
199:the daughter of
159:and Countess of
147:(4 July 1473 in
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55:19 February 1505
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195:and his wife,
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177:Anne of Cleves
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59:(aged 31)
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85:(by marriage)
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54:
50:
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40:
36:
29:
24:
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321:
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247:
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190:
183:of England.
149:Blankenstein
144:
143:
69:Noble family
57:(1505-02-19)
45:Blankenstein
918:1505 deaths
913:1473 births
875:Digitalisat
41:4 July 1473
907:Categories
827:References
295:Wijnendale
181:Henry VIII
79:(by birth)
226:Elisabeth
93:Spouse(s)
331:Ancestry
161:La Marck
83:La Marck
885:Sources
308:Cologne
153:Cologne
62:Cologne
133:Mother
123:Father
482:10.
256:Soest
103:Issue
77:Hesse
776:15.
721:14.
685:3.
604:12.
540:11.
508:5.
420:9.
362:8.
293:and
281:Anna
275:John
266:and
52:Died
38:Born
630:6.
566:1.
446:2.
388:4.
258:to
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