Count Adolf VI of Berg (born before 1176 – died 7 August 1218 at

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during the Hungarian crusade against

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) ruled the

County of Berg Berg was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity from the early 12th to the 19th centuries. The name of the county lives on in the modern ...

from 1197 until 1218.

Life

He was the son of

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 ...

and Margaret of Geldern, and the oldest brother of

Engelbert II of Berg Count Engelbert II of Berg, also known as Saint Engelbert, Engelbert of Cologne, Engelbert I, Archbishop of Cologne or Engelbert I of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186, Schloss Burg – 7 November 1225, Gevelsberg) was archbishop of C ...

(1185–1225), also known as Engelbert of Cologne or Saint Engelbert. Adolf married Berta von Sayn (died 1244), a daughter of Henry II von Sayn and Agnes zu Saffenberg. They had one daughter: *

Irmgard of Berg Irmgard of Berg, heiress of Berg (died 1248–1249), was the child of Adolf VI count of Berg (1185–1218) and Berta von Sayn. She married in 1217 Henry IV, Duke of Limburg (since 1226), who became count of Berg in 1225. Henry IV of Limburg-Berg ...

, heiress of

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(died 1248–9). She married

Henry IV, Duke of Limburg Henry IV (1195 – 25 February 1247) was the duke of Limburg and count of Berg from 1226 to his death. He was the son of Waleran III, count of Luxembourg and duke of Limburg, and Cunigunda, daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine. Coun ...

. In 1212 Adolf took part to the

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against the

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. And in 1215 he took over the

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Kaiserswerth Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest quarters of the City of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 5. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the where Florence Nightingale worked. Kaiserswerth has an area of , and 7,923 inh ...

. Adolf left on 1218 with the

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and died on 7 August 1218 of a plague as commander of the Lower-Rhenish and Frisian troops in

, in the delta of the

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. His brother, the Archbishop

followed him as ruler of Berg, which later went to the husband of Adolf's daughter,

External links

genealogie-mittelalter.de

Nota

Adolf VI, Count of Berg is named Adolf III, Count of Berg in the Netherlands and in Germany

Literature

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