The House of La Marck (german: von der Mar(c)k) was a noble family, which from about 1200 appeared as the counts of Mark.

History

The family history started with Count Adolf I, scion of a cadet branch of the Rhenish

Berg Berg may refer to: People *Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor * Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer Former states * Berg (state), county and duchy of the Hol ...

dynasty residing at

Altena Altena (; Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stre ...

Castle in

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regio ...

. In the early 13th century Adolf took his residence at his family's estates around Mark, a settlement in present-day Hamm-Uentrop. Adolf had inherited the Mark fortress from his father Count Frederick I of Berg-Altena (d. 1198) together with the older county around Altena and began to call himself count de La Mark. Originally liensmen of the archbishops of Cologne in the Duchy of Westphalia, the family ruled the

County of Mark The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr Rive ...

, an immediate state of the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...

, and, at the height of their powers, the four duchies of Julich,

Cleves Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; Low Rhenish: ''Kleff'') is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century ...

and Guelders as well as the

County of Ravensberg The County of Ravensberg (german: Grafschaft Ravensberg) was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory was in present-day eastern Westphalia, Germany at the foot of the Osning or Teutoburg Forest. History Ravensberg was f ...

. Members of the family became bishops in the Prince-Bishoprics of Liège,

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

and

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

, and Archbishops in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. Later collateral lines became

dukes of Bouillon The Duchy of Bouillon (french: Duché de Bouillon) was a duchy comprising Bouillon and adjacent towns and villages in present-day Belgium. The state originated in the 10th century as property of the Lords of Bouillon, owners of Bouillon Castl ...

, a title which was later inherited by the

House of La Tour d'Auvergne La Tour d'Auvergne () was a noble French dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last large fiefs acquired by the French crown, the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne, for about half a century. Its cadet branch, extinct in 1802, ...

princes of Sedan The Principality of Sedan (French: ''Principauté de Sedan'') was an independent Protestant state centered on the Château de Sedan (now the city of Sedan) in the Ardennes. It was ruled by the Prince of Sedan (''prince de Sedan''), who belong ...

dukes of Nevers The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, which became a French duchy in 1539, with the rulers of the duchy calling themselves dukes. History The history of the County of Nevers is closely connected to the Duchy of Burgund ...

counts of Rethel This is a list of counts and dukes of Rethel. The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Count of Nevers, Counts of Nevers, then to the Count of Flanders, Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Duke of Burg ...

and so forth.

Notable members

* Adolph de la Marck (1288–1344), Prince-Bishop of Liège * Adolph II of the Marck (died 1347), Count of the Marck, son of Engelbert I of the Marck *

Engelbert III of the Mark Engelbert III of the Mark (1333–1391) was the Count of Mark from 1347 until 1391. Adolph was the eldest son of Count Adolph II of the Marck and Margaret of Cleves. After his father died in 1347, Engelbert III ruled the County of Mark, mainly ...

(1333–1391), Count of the Marck, son of Count Adolph II *

Adolf III of the Marck Adolph III of the Marck ( German: ''Adolf III von der Mark''; – 1394) was the Prince-Bishop of Münster (as Adolph) from 1357 to 1363, the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (as Adolph II) in 1363, the Count of Cleves (as Adolph I) from 1368 to 1 ...

(–1394), Prince-Bishop of Münster, later was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, later was Count of Cleves, later added Count of the Marck * Engelbert de la Marck (1304–1368), Prince-Bishop of Liège, later was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne *

William I de La Marck William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1445–1486), assassinated a Prince-Bishop of Liège, causing a civil war in the prince-bishopric * Érard de La Marck (1472–1538), nephew of William I, was prince-bishop from 1506 till 1538. * Robert II de la Marck, nephew of William I, was Duke of

Bouillon Bouillon can refer to: Food * Bouillon (broth), a simple broth ** Court-bouillon, a quick broth * Bouillon (soup), a Haitian soup * Bouillon (restaurant), a traditional type of French restaurant **Bouillon Chartier, a bouillon restaurant foun ...

, ''seigneur'' of Sedan and

Fleuranges Fleuranges may refer to: * Robert III de La Marck, son of the seigneur of Fleuranges * Florange, Moselle, France, of which Fleuranges was a former name {{Disambiguation, hn=Marck ...

. *

Robert III de la Marck Robert III de La Marck (1491, Sedan, Ardennes – 1537), ''Seigneur'' of Fleuranges, was a Marshal of France and historian. Self-styled "The Young Adventurer," he was one of Francis I's close companions in the last years of Louis XII's life, and re ...

(1491–1537), son of Robert II, was

Marshal of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished ( ...

in 1526 and historian. *

Robert IV de la Marck Robert IV de La Marck (15 January 1512 – Guise, 1556), was Duke of Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France. He rose to prominence during the reign of Henri II of France as a favourite of both the king and his mistress Diane de Poiti ...

(1520–1556) was Duke of Bouillon and Prince of Sedan, and Marshal of France in 1547. *

William II de la Marck William II de la Marck (Lummen, 1542 – Bishopric of Liège, 1 May 1578) (Dutch: ''Willem II van der Marck'') was the Dutch Lord of Lumey and initially admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' W ...

(1542–1578) was admiral of the Gueux de mer, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648). He was the great-grandson of William I de la Marck. *

Anne of Cleves Anne of Cleves (german: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke o ...

, 4th wife of Henry VIII, was a member of this house, daughter of John III. In 1591 the heiress of one of the collateral lines of the family,

Charlotte de la Marck Charlotte de La Marck (5 November 1574 – 15 May 1594) was a ruling Princess of Sedan and a Duchess of Bouillon in her own right between 1588 and 1594.Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siè ...

, was married to

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne , was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the ...

, Marshal of France. In 1594 Charlotte died without issue, and her claims to Bouillon passed to her husband. * Louis Pierre Engelbert, Comte de la Marck (1674–1750)Neil Jeffares ''Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800''
LA MARCK
/ref> * Louis Engelbert, Comte de la Marck (1701–1773) He was the last male descendant of the Counts de la Marck, so his title ''Comte de la Marck'' was passed on to his grandson through his daughter, Louise-Marguerite, who married

Charles Marie Raymond of Arenberg Charles Marie Raymond d'Arenberg (Enghien, 1 April 1721 – Enghien, 17 August 1778) was the fifth Duke of Arenberg, 11th Duke of Aarschot and an Austrian field marshal. Biography Charles Marie was the eldest son of Duke Leopold Philippe d'A ...

.Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti Mirabeau (comte de), Auguste Marie Raymond Arenberg (prince d', comte de La Marck), Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt. ''Correspondance entre le comte de Mirabeau et le comte de La Marck: pendant les années 1789, 1790 et 1791'' volume 1, V. Le Normant, 185
p. 280
(French) *

Auguste Marie Raymond, Comte de la Marck Prince Auguste Marie Raymond d'Arenberg, Count of La Marck Grandee of Spain (30 August 1753 – 26 September 1833),Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (editors 1851).''Littell's living age'', T. H. Carter & Co., 185p. 221/ref> was the second son a ...

(1753–1833)

Simplified genealogy

Counts of Mark

# Adolf I (d. 1249), first documented as ''comes de Marca'' in 1202 ## Engelbert I (d. 1277) ###

Eberhard Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire * Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, D ...

(d. 1308) ####

Engelbert II Engelbert II may refer to: * Engelbert II of Istria (died 1141) * Engelbert II, Count of Gorizia (died 1191) * Engelbert II of Berg (1185 or 1186 – 1225) * Engelbert II of Falkenburg (1220–1274), Archbishop of Cologne * Engelbert II of the Mar ...

(d. 1328) ##### Adolf II (d. 1346), married Margaret of

in 1332 ###### Engelbert III (d. 1391) ###### Adolf III (1334–1394), Count of Cleves from 1368 → see below ##### Engelbert (1304–1368), Prince-Bishop of Liège 1345–1364, Archbishop of Cologne 1364–68 ##### Eberhard I (d. about 1378), Count of Arenberg → see below #### Adolf (1288–1344), Prince-Bishop of Liège 1313–1344

Dukes of Cleves—La Mark

# Adolf III (1334–1394), second son of Adolf II with Margaret of Cleves, Prince-bishop of Münster 1357–1363 and Archbishop of Cologne in 1363, inherited the County of Cleves upon the death of his maternal uncle Count

Johann Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious ...

in 1368 and became Count of Mark upon the death of his elder brother Engelbert III in 1391 ## Adolph I (1373–1448), Duke of Cleves from 1417 ###

Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich Margaret of Cleves (1416–1444) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy. She married * William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375–1435), having two children with him: ...

(1416–1444) ### Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders (1417–1479) ### John I (1419–1481) ####

John II John II may refer to: People * John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) * John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) * John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) * John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) * John II Komnenos (1087–1 ...

(1458–1521) ##### John III (1490–1539), married

Maria of Jülich-Berg Maria of Jülich-Berg (3 August 1491 – 29 August 1543) was the Duchess of Jülich-Berg, as the daughter of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg and Sibylle of Brandenburg. She became heiress to her father’s estates of Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg ...

in 1509, inherited the duchies of Jülich and

and the

upon the death of his father-in-law Duke William IV of Jülich-Berg, ruled the

United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg The so-called United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire between 1521 and 1666, formed from the personal union of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves and Berg. The name was resurrected after the Congress of Vienn ...

upon the death of his father in 1521 ###### Sybille (1512–1554), married to Elector

John Frederick of Saxony John Frederick I (30 June 1503 in Torgau – 3 March 1554 in Weimar), called the Magnanimous, was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) and head of the Schmalkaldic League. Early years John Frederick was the eldest son of Elector John by his firs ...

######

Anne Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

(1515–1557), married to King

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

######

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

''the Rich'' (1516–1592), married Maria of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria and daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I, claimed the Duchy of Guelders upon the death of Duke Charles in 1538 ####### Marie Eleonore (1550–1608), married to

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia Albert Frederick (german: Albrecht Friedrich; pl, Albrecht Fryderyk; 7 May 1553 – 27 August 1618) was the Duke of Prussia, from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the sec ...

#######John Frederick (1555–1575) ####### John William (1562–1609), extinction of the line, followed by the

War of the Jülich succession The War of the Jülich Succession was a war of succession in the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. It lasted between 10 June 1609 and 24 October 1610, resumed in May 1614 and finally ended on 13 October 1614. The first round of the conflict ...

###### Amalia (1517–1586) #### Engelbert, Count of Nevers (1462–1506) ### Elisabeth (1420–1488), Countess of Schwarzburg ### Agnes (1422–1446), Queen of Navarre ### Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein (1425–1492) ###

Mary Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

(1426–1487), Duchess of Orléans ## Dietrich II (1374–1398)

Counts of Marck—Arenberg

# Eberhard I (d. about 1378) Lord of Arenberg ## Erard II von der Mark, Lord of Sedan & Arenberg ### Johann II von der Mark, Lord of Sedan & Arenberg #### Erard III von der Mark (+ 1496), Lord of Arenberg whose issue will die into the house of Ligne, by the marriage of Marguerite de la Marck-Arenberg with

Jean de Ligne Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Je ...

#### Robert I de la Marck (+ 1487), Lord of Sedan, ''chatellain de'' Bouillon ##### Robert II de la Marck (1460–1536), Lord of Sedan, Duke of Bouillon ######

(1491–1537), Lord of Sedan, Duke of Bouillon #######

(1520–1556), Duke of Bouillon, Earl of Braine & Maulevrier, Lord of Sedan. ######## Henri Robert de la Marck (1539–1574), Duke of Bouillon, sovereign Prince de Sedan, ######### Guillaume Robert de la Marck (1563–1588), Pr of Sedan, Duke de Bouillon, Marquess of Cotron ##########

(1574–1594), Dss of Bouillon, Pss de Sedan oo Henri de La Tour D'Auvergne ##### Érard de La Marck (1472–1538), Prince-bishop of Liège 1506–1538 #### William von der Marck ''Le Sanglier des Ardennes'' ##### Johann I von der Marck, Baron of Lummen ###### Johann II von der Marck, Baron of Lummen (1500–1552) #######

, Baron of Lummen, admiral of the Gueux de mer (1542–1578)

References

External links

Genealogy de la Marck on genealogy.euweb.cz : * * {{Authority control La Marck !