Dietrich V was Count of Cleves from 1202 through 1260.[1] Dietrich was born about 1185 as the son of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and Margaret of Holland.
In 1234, he participated in the Stedinger Crusade .
Marriage and issue
In c. 1215 he married Mathilda of Dinslaken (d. 1226). Their children were:
Dietrich of Cleves (c.1216), married Elizabeth of Brabant
Margaretha of Cleves (c.1218), married Otto II of Guelders
Secondly, he married Hedwig of Meissen[1] (d. 1249), daughter of Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen . Their children were:
References
Sources
Maier, Christoph T. (1994). Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century . Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, M. A. (2015). Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: "Auld Amitie" . The Boydell Press.
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