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Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena (died after 1161), son of 
He built the Schloss Altena, and built Altenberg Abbey (1133) where he enters in 1160.
He had issue from his first marriage:
* Adolf V of Berg count of Berg (killed in Damascus 1148), who married Irmgard von Wasserburg, a daughter of Engelbert count von Wasserburg;
and from his second marriage:
* 
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 Berg and Hövel. He married (1st) Adelheid von Arnsberg, a daughter of Heinrich count von Rietberg; then (2nd) Irmgard (?) von Schwarzenberg, a daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenberg.
He built the Schloss Altena, and built Altenberg Abbey (1133) where he enters in 1160.
He had issue from his first marriage:
* Adolf V of Berg count of Berg (killed in Damascus 1148), who married Irmgard von Wasserburg, a daughter of Engelbert count von Wasserburg;
and from his second marriage:
* Engelbert I of Berg
Count Engelbert I of Berg (d. July 1189 in Serbia) ruled the County of Berg from 1160 to 1189. He was the son of Adolf IV of Berg.
Through his loyalty to the German Emperor and the Archbishops of Cologne he succeeded in stabilising the county and ...
count of Berg from 1160 until 1189 (born before 1150, died in Brandis an der Donau June 1189); married Margaret of Geldern (born 1157, died 1190?);
* Eberhard IV of Berg, 1st count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (1140 – 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg), was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg and Altena.
He married Adelheid von Arnsberg (van Cuyck) (died 1200), a daughter of Hei ...
) (born 1140, died 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg);
* Friedrich II of Berg Friedrich II of Berg (1120 – 15 December 1158), was Archbishop of Cologne from 1156 until his death in 1158.
Life
He was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg, and his second wife Irmgard von Wasserburg. He was the brother of Archbishop Bruno I ...
, 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 ...
from 1156 until 1158 (born 1140, died in Pavia 15 December 1158);
* Bruno III of Berg
Bruno III of Berg (German: ''Bruno III von Berg'') was Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Westphalia from 1191 until 1193.
The fifth son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg, he is first mentioned in 1156 as provost of St. George in Cologne, and in 1168 as p ...
, 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 ...
and Duke of Westfalia
Westfalia is the designation of various specially converted Volkswagen camper vans. It is named after Westfalia-Werke, the contractor that built the vans, which is headquartered in the town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück, located in the Westphalia region ...
from 1191 till 1193 (died 1193, buried in Altenberg);
* Arnold, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück from 1173 until 1190 (died a crusader before Akkon, 15 December 1190).
Nota
Adolf IV, Count of Berg is named Adolf II, 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adolf 04, Count of Berg Counts of Berg House of Berg Counts of Limburg House of Limburg-Stirum 12th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Christians of the Second Crusade