Adolf II of Berg-Hövel (Huvili), count of

Berg Berg may refer to: People *Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor * Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer Former states *Berg (state), county and duchy of the Holy ...

, count in Auelgau and Siegburg, Vogt of Werden (died 1090/1106), was the son of

Adolf I of Berg Adolf I of Berg, count of Berg from 1077 until 1082, Vogt of Werden, Deutz, Berg and Gerresheim (died 1086). He was the son of Adolf II of Lotharingia count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz (1002–1041). The dynasty can be traced back to Adolf ...

. He married

Adelaide of Lauffen Adelaide of Lauffen (also ''Adelheid von Lauffen''; – after 1130) was a German noblewoman. Family Background Adelaide was the daughter of Count Henry II of Lauffen (d.1067) and his wife, Ida of Hövel (1030?-1090), daughter of Bernard I, co ...

, a daughter of Heinrich II count von Laufen (died 1067) and Ida von Werl-Hövel (1030? – 1090), and heiress of Hövel/Huvili, Unna, Telgte, Warendorf, etc. At the beginning of the 12th century Adolf II of Berg donated the site of their old ancestral castle, Schloss Berg, to Cistercian monks from Burgundy. Adolf IV later built the

Altenberg Abbey Altenberg Abbey (''Abtei Altenberg'') ( la, Vetus Mons) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History The abbey was founded in 113 ...

. He had issue: *

Adolf III of Berg 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 Adel ...

count of

and Hövel, Vogt of Werden (born 1080, died 12 Oct 1152).

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.” * 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.” * 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. * 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adolf 02 of Berg Counts of Berg House of Berg Counts of Limburg House of Limburg-Stirum 11th-century births 1090 deaths 1106 deaths Year of death uncertain