Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves

Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves
Born	c. 1226
Died	1275
Noble family	House of Cleves
Spouse(s)	Alida of Heinsberg
Father	Dietrich V, Count of Cleves
Mother	Hedwig of Meissen

Dietrich VI (died 1275), also known as Dietrich of Meissen (German: von Mei­ßen), was Count of Cleves from 1260 until his death in 1275.^[1] He was born in about 1226 as the son of Dietrich V, Count of Cleves and Hedwig of Meissen.

Dietrich VI married Alida of Heinsberg (d. 1303), daughter of Henry I of Sponheim and Agnes of Heinsberg. Their children were:

• Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves (1256 – 4 October 1305)
• Dietrich von Kleve, Prior of Xanten (born 1258)
• Mechtild von Kleve (1260 – 21 December 1309), married Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
• Dietrich Luf II von Kleve, Count of Hülchrath (born 1262)
• Agnes von Kleve (1264–1312)
• Irmgard von Kleve, (1266 – 11 May 1319)