Bruno III of

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: ''Bruno III von Berg'') was

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and Duke of

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from 1191 until 1193. The fifth son of

Adolf IV, Count of Berg Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena (died after 1161), son of Adolf III of Berg count of Berg and Hövel. He married (1st) Adelheid von Arnsberg, a daughter of Heinrich count von Rietberg; then (2nd) Irmgard (?) von S ...

, he is first mentioned in 1156 as provost of St. George in Cologne, and in 1168 as provost at

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. Named in 1191 Archbishop of Cologne, he resigned in 1193, and finished his life as a monk in Altenberg. He died in 1193, and is buried in Altenberg.

Literature

* Lewald, Ursula, 'Die Ezzonen. Das Schicksal eines rheinischen Fürstengeschlechts', in ''Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter'' 43 (1979) pp. 120–168 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruno 03 of Berg 12th-century births 1193 deaths Year of birth unknown Archbishops of Cologne House of Berg House of Limburg-Stirum Bruno 01 12th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire