Adolf III of Berg (1080 – 12 October 1152) was
count of
Berg from 1093 until 1132, and count of
Hövel from 1090 until 1106, and Vogt of Werden. He was the son of
Adolf II of Berg-Hövel, count of
Berg, and
Adelaide of Lauffen.
He married Adelheid of Cleves (von Kleve), possibly a daughter of
Dietrich II count of
Cleves (died 1118).
They had issue:
*
Adolf IV of Berg count of
Berg and count of
Altena (died after 1161);
* Eberhard of
Berg, monk in Morimont, 1st Abbot of Georgenthal (1143–1152) in Thüringen (born 1090/95, died 1152, buried in Altenberg (Gedenktag katholisch: 22. Juli - "Er bewog seinen Bruder, dem Orden 1133 auch das von der Familie gestiftete Kloster in Altenberg zu übertragen. Eberhard wurde dann 1143 Abt in dem von seinem Schwager gestifteten Kloster Georgenthal bei Gotha");
*
Bruno II of Berg
Bruno II of Berg (German: ''Bruno II von Berg'') (c. 1100 1137) was the Archbishop of Cologne from 1131 until 1137.
Bruno II of Berg was a son of Count Adolf III of Berg. In 1119 he was mentioned as a Provost in Cologne, and he became the Provos ...
,
Archbishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palati ...
between 1131 and 1137 (died in Trani, Italy 30 May 1137, buried in Bari);
* Gisela of
Berg, married Sizzo count von Schwarzburg (died 1160).
Nota
Adolf III, Count of Berg is named Adolf I, Count of Berg in the Netherlands and in Germany.
Literature
* Alberic of Troisfontaines (MGH, Scriptores XXIII).
* Annales Rodenses (MGH, Scriptores, XVI).
* Annalista Saxo (MGH, Scriptores VI).
* Gesta Trevirorum (MGH, Scriptores VIII).
* MGH, Diplomata.
* REK I-II.
* Rheinisches UB.
* Hömberg, “Geschichte.”
* Jackman, “Counts of Cologne.” – Jackman, Criticism.
* Klebel, E. “Niederösterreich und der Stammbaum der Grafen von Görz und Schwarzburg.” Unsere Heimat. Monatsblatt des Vereins für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 23 (1952) 111-23.
* Kluger, “Propter claritatem generis.” – Kraus, Entstehung.
* Lück, D. “Der Avelgau, die erste fassbare Gebietseinteilung an der unteren Sieg.” In: Heimatbuch der Stadt Siegburg I. Ed. H. J. Roggendorf. Siegburg, 1964. pp. 223–85.
* Lück, D. “In pago Tuizichgowe
* Anmerkungen zum Deutzgau.” Rechtsrheinisches Köln 3 (1977) 1-9.
* Milz, “Vögte.”
* Schmale, “Anfänge.”
* Tyroller, “Genealogie.”
* Wunder, G. “Die Nichten des Erzbischofs Friedrich von Köln.” AHVN 164 (1962) 192-6.
* Wunder, G. “Die Verwandtschaft des Erzbischofs Friedrich I. von Köln. Ein Beitrag zur abendländischen Verflechtung des Hochadels im Mittelalter.” AHVN 166 (1964) 25-54.
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Counts of Berg
Counts of Limburg
House of Limburg-Stirum
1080 births
1152 deaths