Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William,_Duke_of_J%C3%BClich-Cle...

His parents were William the Rich, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516–92) and Maria of Austria (1531–81), a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

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Some believe that Duke John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg had a morganatic marriage prior to 1585 with Anna op den Graeff (van de Aldekerk), with whom he had a son, Herman op den Graeff.[2][3] No substantial evidence of any relation between the Op den Graeff and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg has ever been presented, so most likely that connection is non-existent.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_op_den_Graeff

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• http://www.thepeerage.com/p4298.htm#i42978

Johann Wilhelm Graf von der Mark Herzog von Kleve Jülich und Berg1 M, #42978, b. 29 May 1562, d. 1609 Last Edited=12 Mar 2013 Consanguinity Index=0.59%
Johann Wilhelm Graf von der Mark Herzog von Kleve Jülich und Berg was born on 29 May 1562.1 He was the son of Wilhelm IV von der Mark Herzog von Kleve Jülich und Berg en Gelre and Maria Erzherzogin von Österreich. He married Jacoba von Baden-Baden on 16 June 1585.1 He married Antoinette de Lorraine, daughter of Charles III, Duc de Lorraine and Claude de Valois, Princesse de France, on 20 June 1599.1 He died in 1609.
He gained the title of Herzog von Jülich. He gained the title of Herzog von Kleve. He gained the title of Herzog von Berg. Citations [S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."

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• https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3183.htm...

Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Kleve, Berg, & Jülich, Graf von der Mark, von Ravensberg, & von Mörs1 Last Edited 28 Jul 2019 M, #95601, b. 28 May 1562, d. 25 March 1609 Father Wilhelm 'the Rich', Duke of Kleve, Julich, & Berg, Graf von der Mark & Ravensberg1 b. 28 Jul 1516, d. 5 Jan 1592 Mother Marie von Habsburg1 b. 15 May 1531, d. 11 Dec 1581
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Kleve, Berg, & Jülich, Graf von der Mark, von Ravensberg, & von Mörs was born on 28 May 1562 at Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.1 He married Jacobäa von Baden, daughter of Philibert, Markgraf von Baden and Mechtild of Bavaria, on 16 June 1585 at Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.2 Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Kleve, Berg, & Jülich, Graf von der Mark, von Ravensberg, & von Mörs married Antoinette of Lorraine, daughter of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine & Bar and Claude d' Orleans, on 20 June 1599.1 Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Kleve, Berg, & Jülich, Graf von der Mark, von Ravensberg, & von Mörs died on 25 March 1609 at Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at age 46.1 Family 1 Jacobäa von Baden b. 16 Jan 1558, d. 3 Nov 1597 Child Herman Opdengraeff+3 b. 26 Nov 1585, d. 27 Dec 1642 Family 2 Antoinette of Lorraine b. 23 Aug 1568, d. 23 Aug 1610 Citations [S2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XVIII, Tafel 17. [S2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. I/2, Tafel 268. [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by Mark Stallings.

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Title Of Nobility: Graeff Von Alten (the count of Altena) Herzog(Duke)of Cleves of the House of La Marck

Occupation: Bishop of Munster Between Jan 11 1574 and Dec 31 1584 Muenster, Rheinland, Preussen, Germany

Johan Wilhelm De La Marck, son of Wilheln V Von Cleves and Maria Von Habsburg, (Johan Wilhelm De La Marck was born in 1562 in Germany and died on 25 Mar 1609 in Germany.)

John William (German: Johann Wilhelm, Herzog zu Kleve, Julich und Berg; 28 May 1562 – 25 March 1609) was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

His parents were William the Rich, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516–92) and Maria of Austria (1531–81), a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. He grew up and was educated in Xanten. John William became Bishop of Münster. However, he was needed to succeed his father as Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a secular fief. He was also Count of Altena. The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of reichsfrei states within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Descendants of Ferdinand Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor

3. Johann Wilhelm de la Marck Graf van Altena of Kleves.13 Born on 28 May,1562. Johann Wilhelm died on 25 Mar 1609; he was 46.

Sixth and last Duke of Cleves, Count of Moers, Lord of Krefeld, Graff van Altena, Graff van de Alderkerk. 1584 Catholic Canon of Cologne who became 1592 the

Protestant Bishop of Munster and Comte de la Marck. Considered that son Herman was the result of marriage to a woman not of the nobility, and hence not entitled

to royal succession or privileges.

G. W. Miller 1991, "Reconstructing the Op Den Graff windows of 1630 A.D. to fit the Lohengrin Genealogy of the House of Cleves," Krefeld Immigrants and Their

Descendants, vol. 8, #1, pp. 9-28. Graeff von Alten (Count of Altena). 1585, married Jacobea of Baden-Baden. 1592, became Protestant Bishop of Muenster and the last Duke (Herzog) of Cleves of the House of La Marck (a branch of the House of Boulogne, itself a branch of the Lohengrin family which allegedly can be traced back to the fifth century) upon the death of his father. 1599, married Antonia of Lorraine. 1609, died without an heir to his feudal title. No non-royal children

mentioned, but it is argued that they would have been given the patronymic "op den Graff" (of the Count), "zu Graff" (belonging to the Count), van de Graff (of the

Count), "de Graff" (of Count) while he was Graff or Count, or later when he has been elevated to Duke or Herzog, "op den Herzog" or "de Hartog". At this time the multiple dukedom of Cleves-Julich-Berg was divided and invaded by armies from the Houses of Brandenburg, Zweibrucken and Wittelsbach, all relatives of the House of Cleves. Their 9 year family dispute was followed by the Thirty Years War driven by religious differences.

Johann Wilhelm first married Anna van Aldekerk13. Born in 1565 in Aldekerk, Muir, Germany. Anna died in Aldekerk, Muir, Germany.

They had one child:

4 i. Herman (1585-1642)

In 1585 when Johann Wilhelm was 22, he second married Jacobea of Baden-Baden13.

Born in 1558. Jacobea died in Dusseldorf, Germany, in Sep 1597; she was 39.

In 1599 when Johann Wilhelm was 36, he third married Antonia of Lorraine, Princess of Lorraine13. Born in 1568. Antonia died in 1610; she was 42.

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Abraham op den Graeff, was a cousin of William Penn, who signed (along with three others) the first organized religious petition against slavery in the colonies, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery.

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Not William Op Den Graff. His name was JOHN WILLIAM of LA MARCH. Who married a supposed nun who left the Catholic Church. That was a definite "NO! NO! ". and the Church came against them and records were destroyed. they effectively were Protestants.

John William of La March was the son of William V of Cleves (1516-1592) and Mary of Habsburg (1530-1584). Excommunicated and records wiped out by Church because they became Protestant believers. marys fathere was Ferdinand I of Hapsburg and his father Philip of Hapsburg who married (mad) Juana of Castile and Aragon, the unbalanced daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.

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Marriage to: Anna VanAldekerk in1585 Aldekerk, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, German

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