County of Mark - Counts de La Mark

Counts De La Mark

The House of La Marck is a cadet branch of Berg Dynasty. Another surviving line of the House of Berg (more senior but less prominent in European History) became counts of Isenberg, then count of Limburg and Limburg Styrum.

  • 1160-1180 Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena, son of Count Adolf IV of Berg
  • 1180-1198 Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena-Mark, son
  • 1198-1249 Adolph I, son of Frederick I (First Count of the House to name himself Count de La Marck in 1202; he scarcely used the titles of Berg and Altena.)
  • 1249-1277 Engelbert I
  • 1277-1308 Eberhard II
  • 1308-1328 Engelbert II
  • 1328-1347 Adolph II
  • 1347-1391 Engelbert III
  • 1391-1393 Adolph III, brother of Engelbert III, Count of Cleves since 1368 and former Bishop of Münster and Archbishop of Cologne
  • 1393-1398 Dietrich
  • 1398-1448 Adolph IV, son of Adolf III, also Count of Cleves 1394-1417, Duke of Cleves 1417-1448
  • 1437-1461 Gerhard, brother of Adolf IV - Regent in the County, not allowed to use the title Count de la Mark in his own rights.
  • 1448-1481 John I, son of Adolph IV, also Duke of Cleves since 1448
  • 1481-1521 John II "The Babymaker", son, also Duke of Cleves
  • 1521-1539 John III "the Peaceful", son, also Duke of Jülich-Berg since 1511
  • 1539-1592 William "the Rich", son, also Duke of Jülich-Berg, Duke of Guelders 1538-1543
  • 1592-1609 John William, son, also Duke of Jülich-Berg

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