Catherine was Duchess of Guelders

Guelders

Guelders or Gueldres is the name of a historical county, later duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.-Geography:...

. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Hours of Catherine of Cleves

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is an ornately illuminated manuscript in the Gothic art style, produced in about 1440 by the anonymous Dutch artist known as the Master of Catherine of Cleves. It is one of the most...

 was commissioned for her.

Family

Catherine was the daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves

Adolph I, Duke of Cleves

Adolph I of Cleves was 2nd. Count of Cleves and 4th. Count of Mark.- Life :He was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Julich ....

 and Marie of Burgundy

Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves

Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, and an elder sister of Philip the Good. Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1415. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417...

. She was a niece of Philip the Good.

Book of Hours

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves was commissioned for her when she married Arnold, Duke of Guelders

Arnold, Duke of Guelders

Arnold of Egmond was Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen. He was son of John II of Egmond and Maria van Arkel....

, on 26 January 1430. It shows her lineage

Kinship

Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections....

, as well as herself in prayer. The hours had been lost for four hundred years before resurfacing in 1856. It is one of the most richly decorated books of its kind that is perserved.

Issue

• Mary
  Mary of Guelders
  Mary of Guelders was the Queen Consort of Scotland as the wife of King James II of Scotland. She served as Regent of Scotland from 1460 to 1463.-Background:...
  
   (c. 1431-1463), who became Queen of Scotland by marriage to James II
  James II of Scotland
  James II reigned as King of Scots from 1437 to his death.He was the son of James I, King of Scots, and Joan Beaufort...
  
  
• William (born c. 1434), died young
• Margaret (c. 1436-1486, Simmern
  Simmern
  Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
  
  ), married on 16 August 1454 to Frederick I, Count of Palatine-Simmern
  Frederick I of Pfalz-Simmern
  Frederick I, the Hunsrücker was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until 1480....
  
  .
• Adolf
  Adolf, Duke of Guelders
  Adolf of Egmond was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465–1471 and in 1477.He was the son of Arnold, Duke of Guelders and Catherine of Cleves....
  
   (1438–1477)
• Catherine (1439 – 1496), Regent of Guelders in 1477–1481.