Engelbert, Count of Nevers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French noble
Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1462
Place of Birth: Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date of Death: 21-Nov-1506
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Engelbert, Count of Nevers
- Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers. In 1481, he was sent with a large army to the Bishopric of Utrecht by his brother John II, Duke of Cleves where they successfully ousted David of Burgundy.
- But after the Siege of Utrecht (1483) he had to flee, and Utrecht returned to the control of Burgundy. He married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489.
- Their son Charles II, Count of Nevers, married Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel. Louis of Cleves (1494-1545), Count of Auxerre (1543-1545), married (1542) to Catherine d'Amboise, daughter of Charles I d'Amboise, widow of Christophe de Tournon and Philibert de Beaujeu; François of Cleves (†1545), Abbot of Tréport, Prior of Saint-Éloi in ParisEngelbert became Count of Nevers and Eu in 1491 upon the death of his maternal grandfather John II, Count of Nevers.
- His eldest brother John II (1458–1521) inherited Cleves.
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