Maria van Arkel

Maria van Arkel
125px Coat of arms of the House of Arkel
Spouse(s)	John II, Count of Egmond
Noble family	House of Arkel
Father	John V, Lord of Arkel
Mother	Joanna of Jülich
Born	c. 1385
Died	19 July 1415(1415-07-19)

Maria van Arkel (c. 1385 – 19 July 1415) was the only daughter and heiress of Lord John V of Arkel and Joanna of Jülich. She inherited the title to Gelderland from her maternal uncle, Duke Reginald IV, and her son became Arnold, Duke of Gelderland. She was the paternal grandmother of Mary of Guelders, who became Queen of Scots.

Family

Her maternal grandparents were William II, Duke of Jülich and Maria of Guelders, daughter of Reginald II of Guelders and his first wife, Sophia Berthout of Mechelen. Her maternal uncle was William I of Guelders and Jülich.

Her father, John of Arkel (died 25 August 1428), was the son of Otto of Arkel and Isabelle de Bar, daughter of Theobald de Bar, seigneur de Pierrepont. John of Arkel was the "dearest foe" of William II, Duke of Bavaria.

Marriage

Duke Reginald of Guelders, her uncle, arranged the marriage between the beautiful Maria of Arkel and the Hollander noble, John of Egmond. They were married on 24 June 1409. Their children were:

1. Arnold of Egmond, Duke of Guelders
2. William II Lord of Egmont and IJsselstein, stadtholder of Guelders

Ancestry

Family of Maria van Arkel

16. Jan III van Arkel               8. John IV, Lord of Arkel                       17. Mabilia van Voorne               4. Otto, Lord of Arkel                             18. Otto of Cleves (son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves)               9. Irmgard of Cleves                       19. Mechtild (Matilda) of Virneburg               2. John V, Lord of Arkel                                   20. Erard de Bar, seigneur de Pierrepont (son of Theobald II of Bar)               10. Theobald de Bar, seigneur de Pierrepont                       21. Isabelle of Lorraine (daughter of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine)               5. Isabelle de Bar                             22. John I, Marquis of Namur               11. Marie de Dampierre of Namur                       23. Marie of Artois (daughter of Philip of Artois)               1. Maria van Arkel                                         24. Gerhard V of Jülich               12. William I of Jülich                       25. Elisabeth of Brabant-Aarschot               6. William II, Duke of Jülich                             26. William I, Count of Hainaut               13. Joanna of Hainaut                       27. Joan of Valois               3. Joanna of Jülich                                   28. Reginald I of Guelders               14. Reginald II of Guelders                       29. Marguerite of Flanders (daughter of Guy of Dampierre)               7. Maria of Guelders                             30. Florenz Berthout, Count of Mechelen               15. Sophia Berthout of Mechelen                       31. Mechtild (Matilda) de la Mark

Sources

• Blok, Petrus Johannes. History of the People of the Netherlands: From the beginning of the fifteenth century to 1559. G.P. Putnam's sons: 1899.

External links

• Die Genealogie des Mittelalters