House of La Marck

de la Marck or van der Marck was an important family in the history of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Later they become Dukes of Bouillon.

Adolph II de la Marck was prince-bishop from 1313 until 1344. He was also archbishop of Cologne in 1363.
Engelbert de la Marck (1333–1391) was a son of Adolph II.
Adolf III de la Marck (1334–1394) was a son of Adolph II. He was bishop of Münster and later archbishop of Cologne. In 1364 he left his position as bishop of Cologne to his cousin Engelbert III, to become Count of Cleves. {See Duchy of Cleves.}
Engelbert III de la Marck (1304–1368) was prince-bishop of Liège from 1345 until 1364. He was also archbishop of Cologne from 1364 until 1369.

William I de la Marck was the younger brother of Erard III de la Marck. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes ("The Wild Boar of the Ardennes").
Erard de la Marck (1472–1538), nephew of William I, was prince-bishop from 1506 till 1538.
Robert II de la Marck, nephew of William I, was Duke of Bouillon, seigneur of Sedan and Fleuranges.
Robert III de la Marck (1491-1537), son of Robert II, was Marshal of France in 1526 and historian.
Robert IV de la Marck (1520–1556) was Duke of Bouillon and Prince of Sedan, and Marshal of France in 1547.
William II de la Marck (1542–1578) was admiral of the Gueux de mer, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648). He was the great-grandson of William I de la Marck.

In 1591 the heiress of the family, Charlotte de la Marck, was married to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France. In 1594 Charlotte died without issue, and her claims to Bouillon passed to her husband.

Louis Pierre Engelbert, Comte de la Marck (1674–1750)^[1]
Louis Engelbert, Compte de la Marck (1701–1773)^[1] He was the last male descendant of the Counts de la Marck, so his title Compte de la Marck was passed on to his grandson through his daughter, Louise-Marguerite, who married Charles Marie Raymond of Arenberg.^[2]
Auguste Marie Raymond, Comte de la Marck (1753–1833)

Simplified genealogy

Engelbert II Gf von der Mark, +1328
- Adolf II Gf von der Mark
  - Adolf III Gf von der Mark, Archbishop of Köln
    - Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
      - John I, Duke of Cleves
        John II, Duke of Cleves
        John III, Duke of Cleves-Jülich-Berg
        William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg alias William the Rich
        John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
- Engelbert III von der Mark, Archbishop of Köln (1364-69)
- Erard I von der Mark, Lord of Arenberg
  - Erard II von der Mark, Lord of Sedan & Arenberg
    - Johann II von der Mark, Lord of Sedan & Arenberg
      - Erard III von der Mark (+ 1496), Lord of Arenberg whose issue will die into the house of Ligne
      - Robert I de la Marck (+ 1487), Lord of Sedan, chatellain de Bouillon
        Robert II de la Marck (1460-1536), Lord of Sedan, Duke of Bouillon
        Robert III de la Marck (1491-1537), Lord of Sedan, Duke of Bouillon
        Robert IV de la Marck (1520–1556), Duke of Bouillon, Earl of Braine & Maulevrier, Lord of Sedan.
        Henri Robert de la Marck (1539-1574), Duke of Bouillon, sovereign Prince de Sedan,
        Guillaume Robert de la Marck (1563-1588), Pr of Sedan, Dke de Bouillon, Marquess of Cotron
        
        Charlotte de la Marck (1574-1594), Dss of Bouillon, Pss de Sedan oo Henri de La Tour D'Auvergne
        
        Erard de la Marck, Prince-bishop of Liège (1472-1538)
      - William von der Marck Le Sanglier des Ardennes
        Johann I von der Marck, Baron of Lummen
        Johann II von der Marck, Baron of Lummen (1500-1552)
        William II de la Marck, Baron of Lummen, admiral of the Gueux de mer(1542–1578)

References

^ ^a ^b Neil Jeffares Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, LA MARCK
^ Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti Mirabeau (comte de), Auguste Marie Raymond Arenberg (prince d', comte de La Marck), Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt. Correspondance entre le comte de Mirabeau et le comte de La Marck: pendant les années 1789, 1790 et 1791 voume 1, V. Le Normant, 1851 p. 280 (French)

External links

Genealogy de la Marck on genealogy.euweb.cz :

[Jeffares-1] Neil Jeffares Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, LA MARCK

[2] Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti Mirabeau (comte de), Auguste Marie Raymond Arenberg (prince d', comte de La Marck), Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt. Correspondance entre le comte de Mirabeau et le comte de La Marck: pendant les années 1789, 1790 et 1791 voume 1, V. Le Normant, 1851 p. 280 (French)

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