Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers (1462–1506) was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves

John I, Duke of Cleves

John I, Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark was Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark.- Life :He was the son of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Mary of Burgundy...

 and Elizabeth of Nevers

Elizabeth of Nevers

Elizabeth of Nevers was Duchess of Cleves from 1455 until her death, due to her marriage with John I of Cleves-Mark. She is the matriarch of the house of Cleves-Nevers, and thus the Cleves line of the Counts and dukes of Nevers...

, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers He was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers by his wife Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu. From 1442 to 1465 he was Count of Etampes. John's elder brother was also his predecessor in his titles, Charles I, Count of Nevers...

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He married Charlotte of Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of John VIII, Count of Vendôme

Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme

Jean de Bourbon was a French nobleman, son of Louis, Count of Vendôme. He was a courtier of King Charles VII of France and fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne. He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in his royal favor...

, circa 1489. Their son, Charles II, Count of Nevers, married Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel

Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel, on 23 August 1500...

. He became Count of Nevers

Nevers

Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...

 and Eu in 1491 upon the death of his maternal grandfather John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers

John II, Count of Nevers He was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers by his wife Bonne of Artois, daughter of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu. From 1442 to 1465 he was Count of Etampes. John's elder brother was also his predecessor in his titles, Charles I, Count of Nevers...

. His eldest brother John

John II, Duke of Cleves

John II, "The Pious" or "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...

(1458–1521) inherited Cleves.