portrait  de

Charles II de Clèves

gravure exécutée en 1845 par Alexandre Massard

Dimensions toute la feuille 23x15 centimètres

Document authentique et original du XIXe siècle

Charles II, Count of Nevers.

Charles II (died in Louvre in 1521) was Count of Nevers (1506–1521). He was son of Engelbert de La Mark and Charlotte de Bourbone-Vendome. He belongs to the House de La Mark. His father Engelbert, Count of Nevers (1491–1506) was son of John I, Duke of Cleves (1384–1404) and Elisabeth Countess of Nevers. Elisabeth was great-granddaughter of Philip II duke of Burgundy. Charles II succeeded his father in 1506. He married in 1504 to Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel daughter of Jean d'Albret and Charlotte Countess of Rethel, a sister of Elisabeth Countess of Nevers. Thus he became Count of Rethel jure uxoris. They had a son:

Francis I 1516–1561, Duke of Nevers (1521–1561), father of

Francis II, Duke of Nevers (1561–1562)

Henriette of Cleves

James, Duke of Nevers (1562–1564)

Catherine of Cleves

Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé.