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Adolf III of Berg (1080 – 12 October 1152) was
count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
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 Hol ...
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 Adolf II of Berg-Hövel (Huvili), count of Berg, count in Auelgau and Siegburg, Vogt of Werden (died 1090/1106), was the son of Adolf I of Berg. He married Adelaide of Lauffen, a daughter of Heinrich II count von Laufen (died 1067) and Ida von W ...
-Hövel, 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 Hol ...
, and
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 ...
. He married Adelheid of Cleves (von Kleve), possibly a daughter of Dietrich II count of
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(died 1118). They had issue: *
Adolf IV 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 ...
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 Hol ...
and count of
Altena Altena (; Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stre ...
(died after 1161); * Eberhard 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 Hol ...
, 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, Archbishop of Cologne between 1131 and 1137 (died in Trani, Italy 30 May 1137, buried in Bari); * Gisela 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 Hol ...
, 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adolf 03 Of Berg Counts of Berg Counts of Limburg House of Limburg-Stirum 1080 births 1152 deaths