Adolf of Egmond (Grave, 12 February 1438 – Tournai, 27 June 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465 to 1471 and in 1477.
Life
Adolf was the son of Arnold of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves.[1] In the battle of succession for Guelders, he imprisoned in 1465 his own father and became duke with the support of Philip the Good, who also made him a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece.[2] In 1468, he won the Battle of Straelen against Cleves,[3] but Charles the Bold reinstated his father Arnold, and Adolf was imprisoned in Hesdin.[4]
After the death of Charles the Bold in 1477, Adolf was liberated by the Flemish. He died the same year at the head of a Flemish army besieging Tournai, after the States of Guelders had recognized him as duke.[4] His body was buried in Tournai Cathedral.
Family and issue
Adolf married Catherine of Bourbon (1440–1469),[2] daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, in 1463. They had twin children :
- Philippa (1467–1547),[4] married in 1485 René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451–1508)
- Charles (1467–1538),[4] later Duke of Guelders, married in 1518 with Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1494–1572), daughter of Henry I of Lüneburg.