Talk:Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves

This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool as Stub-class because it uses a stub template. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

Germany

	Germany portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GermanyWikipedia:WikiProject GermanyTemplate:WikiProject GermanyGermany articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Netherlands

This article falls within the scope of WikiProject Netherlands, an attempt to create, expand, and improve articles related to the Netherlands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, visit the project page where you can join the project or contribute to the discussion.NetherlandsWikipedia:WikiProject NetherlandsTemplate:WikiProject NetherlandsNetherlands articles

It is requested that a photograph be included in this article to improve its quality.
The external tool WordPress Openverse may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites.

Upload

More info from German DNB

The article could be expanded with the following information from the German DNB:

Dietrich VIII. [IX.] (1310-47, ⚭ 1] Margarete von Geldern, 2] Maria von Jülich) nur mit Mühe dessen Anspruch auf Kleve als erledigtes Kölner Lehen abwehren kann. Nach Niederlagen und Mißerfolgen in Westfalen als von Ludwig dem Bayern bestellter Landfriedenswahrer und nach erheblicher Schmälerung seiner Machtgrundlage durch die Gebietsverluste im Süden sowie zahlreiche Besitzverpfändungen sich außenpolitisch neutral verhaltend, konzentrierte sich Dietrich im klevischen Kernland beiderseits des unteren Niederrheins auf eine erfolgreiche, der Schaffung eines räumlich geschlossenen Territoriums dienende Erwerbspolitik.

Interpreting and wikifying this exceeds my current capacity in German. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 06:16, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]