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Adolf, Duke of Guelders. Adolf of Egmond ( Grave, February 12, 1438 – Tournai, June 27, 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465 to 1471 and in 1477. Life. Adolf was the son of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves. [1] .
Upon Charles' defeat and death at the Battle of Nancy in January 1477, Duke Adolf was released from prison by the Flemish, but died the same year at the head of a Flemish army besieging Tournai, after the States of Guelders had recognized him once more as Duke.
1423–1465: Arnold, son of John II. 1465–1471: Adolf, son of Arnold. 1471–1473: Arnold, second time. Arnold sold the Duchy of Guelders to Charles I, Duke of Burgundy, who was recognized by the Holy Roman Emperor as Duke of Guelders.
In 1339 Count Reginald II of Guelders became a duke as ordered by Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Wittelsbach. When Reginald died without an heir in 1371, William I of Jülich inherited Guelders. In 1423 Guelders passed to the House of Egmond. Duke Adolf was fighting with his father Arnold about the inheritance of the land.
Adolf of Egmond (Grave, February 12, 1438 – Tournai, June 27, 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465–1471 and in 1477.
Adolf, Duke of Guelders Statesman, Bureaucrat, Politician
Adolf of Egmond was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465–1471 and in 1477.
