Dietrich VII (1256–1305) was Count of Cleves from 1275 through 1305.

He was the son of Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves and his wife Aleidis von Heinsberg.

[1] Dietrich adopted the strategy used in Holland, in the county of Cleves, methodically reclaiming territory with dikes and settling new residents.

[2] In 1260, Dietrich married Margaret of Guelders (d. 1281), daughter of Otto II, Count of Guelders.

They had three children: His second marriage was to Margaret of Habsburg-Kilburg,[1] daughter of Everhard I of Kiburg-Laufenburg.