John III, Duke of Cleves, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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First ruler of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1490
Date of Death: 06-Feb-1539
Profession: REGENTĂ,CONDUCĂTOAREA STATULUI
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John III, Duke of Cleves
- John III the Peaceful, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark (John III, Duke of Cleves; John I, Duke of Jülich-Berg; German: Johann III der Friedfertige, Herzog von Jülich-Kleve-Berg; 10 November 1490 – 6 February 1538 or 1539) was a son of John II, Duke of Cleves and Mathilde of Hesse, daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse.John III became Regent of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1521, and Lord of Ravensberg in 1528.
- John represented a compensatory attitude, which strove for a via media, a middle way, between the two confessions during the Protestant Reformation.
- Despite what others may have thought, not all Germanic princely houses were Lutheran Protestant.
- In fact the real influence at the court of Cleves was Erasmus.
- Many of his men were friends and followers of this well-educated Dutch scholar and theologian.
- When Duke John decided to write up a list of church regulations, Erasmus was the first person the Duke went to personally for consultation and approval.
- Duke John had an instinct for balance as was shown when he married his eldest daughter Sybille to John Frederick of Saxony.
- John Frederick would go on to later head the Schmalkaldic League.
- In many ways John of Cleves' court was ideal for raising a Queen.
- It was fundamentally liberal, but serious-minded, theologically inclined, profoundly Erasmian; as the court of Catherine of Aragon had once been.
- It was from this court that his daughter Anne would be raised.
- Anne would go on to marry King Henry VIII of England as his fourth wife.
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