Adolf II of Berg
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Adolf II of Berg-Hövel count of Berg
Berg (state)
Berg was a state – originally a county, later a duchy – in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.-Ascent:...

, count in Auelgau and Siegburg, Vogt of Werden (died 1090/1106), was the son of Adolf I of Berg
Adolf I of Berg
Adolf I of Berg, count of Berg from 1077 until 1082, Vogt of Werden, Deutz, Berg and Gerresheim , son of Adolf II of Lotharingia count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz...

. He married in 1035 Adelheid von Laufen, a daughter of Heinrich II count von Laufen (died 1067) and Ida von Werl-Hövel (1030? – 1090), and heiress of Hövel/Huvili, Unna, Telgte, Warendorf, etc. He founded Altenberg Abbey.

He had issue:
  • Adolf III of Berg
    Adolf III
    Adolf III of Berg was count of Berg from 1093 until 1132, and count of Hövel from 1090 until 1106, Vogt of Werden , son of Adolf II of Berg-Hövel, count of Berg, and Adelheid von Laufen....

    count of Berg
    Berg (state)
    Berg was a state – originally a county, later a duchy – in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.-Ascent:...

     and Hövel, Vogt of Werden (born 1080, died 12 Oct 1152).

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