Adelaide of Cleves | |
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![]() Aleid on horseback with her army (detail) | |
Countess of Holland | |
Reign | 1190 – 1203 |
Predecessor | Ada of Scotland |
Successor | Ada of Holland |
Died | 1238 |
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Father | Dietrich II, Count of Cleves |
Mother | Adelaide of Sulzbach |
Adelaide of Cleves (died 1238), also known as Aleid and Adelheid was, by her marriage to Dirk VII, Countess of Holland. She played an important role in the administration during the reign of her husband, during which she served as regent in 1195, and facilitated the marriage and accession of their daughter Ada amid dynastic disputes in 1203.