Engelbert, Count of Nevers
Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers( 26 September 1462 – 21 November 1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers.
In 1481, he was sent with a large army to the Bishopric of Utrecht by his brother John II, Duke of Cleves where they successfully ousted David of Burgundy.
But after the Siege of Utrecht( 1483) he had to flee, and Utrecht returned to the control of Burgundy.
He married Charlotte of Bourbon- Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489.
Their son Engelbert became Count of Nevers and Eu in 1491 upon the death of his maternal grandfather John II, Count of Nevers.
His eldest brother John II( 1458 – 1521) inherited Cleves.
Renauld II, Count of Nevers
Renauld II, Count of Nevers and Auxerre( died 1089) was the son of William I of Nevers, Count of Nevers and Ermengarde of Tonnerre.
He married Ida, daughter of Artald V, Count of Forez.
They had a child: Later he married Agnes of Beaugency.
They had:
Bonne of Artois
Bonne of Artois( 1396 – 17 September 1425, Dijon) was Countess consort of Nevers by marriage to Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Duchess consort of Burgundy by marriage to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy.
She served as regent of the County of Nevers during the minority of her son from 1415 until 1424.
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise( 6 July 1555, Dampierre – 24 December 1588, Château de Blois), was the third son of Francis, Duke of Guise, and Anna d' Este.
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 Bourbon-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.
Thus he became Count of Rethel jure uxoris.
They had:
Marie of Brittany, Viscountess of Rohan
Marie of Brittany( 1444 – 1506) was the younger daughter of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, by Isabella, daughter of King James I of Scotland.
She was married to John II, Viscount of Rohan and Count of Porhoët.
Matilda II, Countess of Nevers
Matilda II, Countess of Nevers( 1234/35–1262), also known as Maud of Dampierre or Mathilda II of Bourbon, was a sovereign Countess of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, Countess of Tonnerre and Lady of Bourbon.
She was a daughter of Archambaud IX of Bourbon and Yolande de Châtillon, Countess of Nevers.
As heiress to the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, she was married off to Odo, Count of Nevers, the son and heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy.
By this marriage Odo reunited two important areas that had previously been united as the Duchy of Burgundy, but he died leaving no male heirs, and so the united territory passed to his brother Robert II, Duke of Burgundy.
After her father's death Matilda also became Lady of Bourbon.
With Odo she had three children:
John II, Count of Nevers
John II, Count of Nevers( known as Jean de Clamecy, prior to acquiring title of" Count of Nevers"; 1415–1491) was a French noble.
Francis I, Duke of Nevers
Francis I of Cleves, (2 September 1516 – 13 February 1561) was a commander in the French Royal Army and the first Duke of Nevers.
He participated in the suppression of the Amboise conspiracy.
The only son of Charles II of Nevers (died in the Louvre in 1521) and Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Francis succeeded his father as Count of Nevers and Eu.
In 1539 he became Duke of Nevers.
When his mother died in 1549, he also inherited the title of Count of Rethel.
In 1538, Francis married Marguerite of Bourbon-La Marche (1516–1589), daughter of Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme and Françoise of Alençon.
They had five children:
William IV, Count of Nevers
William IV, Count of Nevers,( c. 1130 – Acre, 24 October 1168) Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre( 1161 – 1168).

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