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John II, Duke of Cleves

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John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521. He was called "The Babymaker" as he had fathered sixty-three illegitimate children prior to his marriage with Mathilde of Hesse in 1489.

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Occupation: aristocrat
Citizenship: Germany
Born: April 13, 1458
Died: March 15, 1521

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Mathilde of Hessespouse John III, Duke of Cleveschild Anna von Klevechild Helene von Klevechild Adolf von der Mark-Klevechild John I, Duke of Clevesfather Elizabeth of Neversmother Engelbert, Count of Neverssibling Philip of Clevessibling

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