Maria van Arkel

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

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

Ancestors 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
• Lundy, Darryl. "p. 469 § 4690". The Peerage.