Engelbert, Count of Nevers
Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers 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, Engelbert 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.
Engelbert married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme, circa 1489. They had three children :
- Charles II, Count of Nevers, married Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel
- Louis of Cleves, Count of Auxerre, married to Catherine d'Amboise, daughter of Charles I d'Amboise, widow of Christophe de Tournon and Philibert de Beaujeu;
- François of Cleves, Abbot of Tréport, Prior of Saint-Éloi in Paris