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John III, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves, called the Peaceful, married Maria, heiress of Jülich and Berg. On inheriting from his father and father-in-law by 1521 he united Cleves, Mark, Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg into the United Duchies, a major power of the lower Rhine. He followed a humanist middle way in religion, and his daughter Anne married Henry VIII of England.
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