Adolf IV of Berg count of

Berg Berg may refer to: People *Berg (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * General Berg (disambiguation) * Berg Ng (born 1960), Hong Kong actor * Berg (footballer, born 1963), Ninimbergue dos Santos Guerra, Brazilian footba ...

from 1132 until 1160 and of

Altena Altena (; Westphalian language, 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, i ...

(died after 1161), son of

Adolf III of Berg Adolf III of Berg (c. 1090 – 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. Adolf III, ...

count of

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

, and built Altenberg Abbey (1133) where he enters in 1160. He had issue from his first marriage: * Adolf V of Berg count of

(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

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

(also called Eberhard I von Altena) (born 1140, died 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg); * Friedrich II of Berg,

Archbishop of Cologne The Archbishop of Cologne governs the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne in western North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically, the archbishop was ''ex officio'' one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire and ruled the Electorate of Cologne ...

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 ...

and Duke of

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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). Altenberger Dom HDR

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adolf 04, Count of Berg Counts of Berg House of Berg Counts of Limburg House of Limburg-Stirum Christians of the Second Crusade 12th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown