Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

Elisabeth of Cleves was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves. She married Count Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, on July 15, 1434.

Elisabeth of Cleves
Born	October 1, 1420
Died	March 1488
Noble family	House of La Marck
Spouse(s)	Henry XXVI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Father	Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
Mother	Marie of Burgundy

Children

Together, they had eleven children:

• Günther XXXVI (July 8, 1439 – Rudolstadt, December 30, 1503);
• Henry XXVII (November 13, 1440 – December 14, 1496), Archbishop of Bremen;
• Catherine (February 2, 1442 – November 9, 1484), married Busso VII of Mansfeld and Sigmund I of Gleichen-Tonna;
• Günther XXXVII (June 8, 1443);
• Henry XXVIII (January 8, 1447 – Bremen, 1481), Canon in Cologne and Mainz;
• Günther XXXVIII (Rudolstadt, 1450 – Bremen, November 29, 1484) married Catherine of Querfurt and Anna of Gleichen;
• Henry XXIX (August 10, 1452 – March 31, 1499), Canon at Hildesheim;
• Günther XXXIX (May 30, 1455 – Arnstadt, August 8, 1521), married Amalia of Mansfeld;
• Heinrich XXX (December 31, 1456 – Arnstadt, June 12, 1522), Canon in Strasbourg and Jechasburg;
• Maria (June 16, 1458);
• Mary (November 4, 1459 – December 1459).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

8. Adolph II of the Mark (c.1314–1347) 4. Adolph I of Kleve-Mark (1334–1394) 9. Margaret of Cleves (c.1310-aft 1348) 2. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448) 10. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg (c.1325–1360) 5. Margaret of Jülich (c.1350–1425/29) 11. Margaret of Ravensberg (c.1320–1389) 1. Elisabeth of Cleves, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 12. Philip the Bold (1343–1404) 6. John the Fearless (1371–1419) 13. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1393–1466) 3. Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393–1466) 14. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1350–1405) 7. Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1424) 15. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)

See also

• Duchy of Cleves