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Karl Friedrich of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Charles Frederick of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (28 April 1555 in Cleves – 9 February 1575 in Rome), was Hereditary Prince of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and the counties of Mark and Ravensberg.

Charles Frederick of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

28 April 1555
Cleves

9 February 1575(1575-02-09) (aged 19)
Rome

Funeral monument[edit]

Charles Frederick was buried across from Pope Adrian VI, in the Santa Maria dell’Anima, the church in Rome of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. His magnificent grave monument was designed by his tutor Pighius, and executed by the sculptors Nicolas Mostaert and Gillis van den Vliete. It shows, among other things, a scene of the Last Judgement that cites in one of the male nudes the statue of Laocoön and His Sons discovered in 1506. It also includes a statue of the Duke praying on his knees. A second part of the monument, with the presentation of the consecrated sword and hat, now hangs in the vestibule of the church. The inscription there states that Charles Frederick had a precocious sense of piety and was brilliant despite his youth and knew many things and many languages.

Wilhelm Diedenhofen: Das Grab des klevischen Prinzen in Rom, in: Kalender für das Klever Land auf das Jahr 1967

Wilhelm Diedenhofen: Der Tod in Rom, in: Land im Mittelpunkt der Mächte. Die Herzogtümer Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Boss Verlag, Cleves, 1985,  3-922384-46-3

ISBN

Wilhelm Diedenhofen: Die Italienreise des Prinzen Karl Friedrich von Jülich-Kleve-Berg 1574/75, Cleves, 2008,  978-3-935861-22-9

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