Biography of Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne 1334-1394
Paternal Family Tree: La Marck
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Bethune 1264
In 1332 [his father] Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess Mark were married. She the daughter of Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 41) and Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves.
Around 1334 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne was born to Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess Mark.
In 1341 [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess Mark died.
On 20 Oct 1347 [his father] Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck died.
On 16 Nov 1357 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 23) was appointed Bishop Münster.
On 13 Jun 1363 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 29) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.
On 28 Sep 1363 [his future brother-in-law] William II of Berg (age 15) and Anna of the Palatinate (age 17) were married.
In 1368 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 34) succeeded I Count Cleves.
In 1369 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 35) and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. He the son of Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck and Margaret Cleves Countess Mark. They were fourth cousins.
On 02 Aug 1373 [his son] Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 23).
In 1374 [his son] Dietrich La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 24).
In 1375 [his daughter] Margaret La Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 41) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 25).
In 1378 [his daughter] Elisabeth La Marck Duchess Bavaria was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 44) and [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 28).
On 22 Dec 1391 [his brother] Engelbert La Marck III Count La Marck (age 58) died. His brother Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 57) succeeded III Count Mark. [his wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 41) by marriage Countess Mark.
In 1394 [his son-in-law] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 57) and [his daughter] Margaret La Marck Duchess Bavaria (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Adolph La Marck (age 60) and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 44). He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 07 Sep 1394 Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne (age 60) died.
On 10 Oct 1425 [his former wife] Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 75) died.
[his daughter] Engelberta La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
[his son] Gerhard La Marck was born to Adolph La Marck Archbishop Cologne and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
[his father] Adolph La Marck II Count La Marck succeeded II Count Mark. [his mother] Margaret Cleves Countess Mark by marriage Countess Mark.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 5 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 1
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 1
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 1
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 1
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 1
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 1
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 1
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 1
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 1
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 1
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 1
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 1
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 1
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 1
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 1
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 1
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 1
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 1
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 2
Frederick VII King Denmark x 3
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 2
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 2
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 1
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 6
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 6
Frederick Charles I King Finland x 2
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 3
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 6
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 6
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 6
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 6
Carl XVI King Sweden x 12
Adolph La Marck 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves IV Count Cleves
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gerulfing Countess Cleves
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Meissen Countess Cleves
Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves
GrandFather: Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves
Great x 2 Grandfather: Everhard I Kiburg Laufenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves
Mother: Margaret Cleves Countess Mark 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard III Count Guelders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto II Duke Guelders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald I Count Guelders 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu
GrandMother: Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainault
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Red" Béthune II Lord Bethune
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert VII Lord Bethune
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune