John III, Duke of Cleves
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John III, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark, known as John the Peaceful, was the Lord of Ravensberg, Count of Mark, and founder of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
John depicted in Johann III with the Virgin and Child
John III, Duke of Cleves, and his only son William.
Sibylle of Cleves
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Sibylle of Cleves was electress consort of Saxony.
John III, Duke of Cleves
…regulations (Kirchenordnung), which expressed numerous ideas of Erasmus. John had an instinct for balance as was shown when he married his eldest daughter Sybille to the elector of Saxony, John Frederick. John Frederick would go on to later head the Schmalkaldic League. In many ways, John of Cleves' court was…
Sibylle of Cleves at the time of her betrothal to Electoral Prince John Frederick, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526
Portrait of Electoral Princess Sibylle of Saxony, by Lucas Cranach, 1531
19th-century portrait traditionally identified as Sibylle of Cleves with one of her sons