Maria of Jülich-Berg

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Maria of Jülich-Berg (3 August 1491 - 29 August 1543), was born in Of, Jülich, the daughter of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg and Sibylle of Brandenburg. She married John III, Duke of Cleves. She became heiress to her father's estates of Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg. Her second daughter was queen-consort of England for a time.

[edit] Ancestry

16. William VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg

8. William IX of Jülich

17. Anna of the Palatinate

4. Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg

18. Nicholas, Count of Tecklenburg

9. Adelheid of Tecklenburg

2. William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg

20. Erich IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

10. Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

21. Sophia of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

5. Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg

22. Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pommern-Stargard

11. Adelheid of Pomerania

23. Sophia of Holstein-Rendsburg

1. Maria of Jülich-Berg

24. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

12. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

25. Elisabeth of Meissen

6. Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg

26. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

13. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut

27. Maddalena Visconti

3. Sibylle of Brandenburg

28. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

14. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

29. Catherine of Brunswick

7. Anna of Saxony

30. Ernest, Duke of Austria

15. Margarete of Austria-Styria

31. Cymburgis of Masovia