John II, Duke of Cleves

Son of John I, Duke of Cleves

John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers.

He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his death in 1521.He was called "The Babymaker" as he had fathered sixty-three illegitimate children prior to his marriage with Mathilde of Hesse in 1489, who was the daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.

They had three children : * John III (1490–1539), his successor * (1495–1567), married in 1518 with count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg * Adolf (1498–1525), appointed by his father's cousin Philip of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein and Wijnendale, as his successor, but died before Philip (1528) * Coat-of-arms ofLa Mark * Coat-of-arms ofCleves