Marie Eleanor of Cleves
Other names for Marie were Marie Eleanor of Berg, Marie Eleanor of Jülich and Marie Eleanor of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Noted events in her life were: • Alt. Birth, 16 Jun 1550, Kleve. 713 Marie married Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, son of Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Prussia and Duchess Anna Marie of Braunschweig-Kalenberg, on 14 Oct 1573 in Königsberg.713 (Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia was born on 29 Apr 1553 in Schloß Neuhausen near Königsberg,713 died on 28 Aug 1618 in Fischhausen, Bayern, Germany 713 and was buried in Königsberg 713.) Marriage Notes: As a result of this marriage the electors of Brandenburg (descended from her daughter) claimed her homeland; this dispute was part of the 30 years war; finally, in 1666, Cleves and other territories of that family were allotted to the Hohenzollerns. [Paul Theroff] |