Adolf IV of Berg 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:...

 from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena

Altena

Altena 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 streches of the Sauerland.-History:...

 (died after 1161), son of Adolf III of Berg 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. He married (1st) Adelheid von Arnsberg, a daughter of Heinrich count von Rietberg; then (2nd) Irmgard (?) von Schwartzenberg, a daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenberg.

He built the Schloss Altena

Altena

Altena 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 streches of the Sauerland.-History:...

, and built Altenberg Abbey (1133) where he enters in 1160.

He has issue from his first marriage:

• Adolf V of Berg 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:...
  
   (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 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:...
  
   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 Altena
  Altena
  Altena 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 streches of the Sauerland.-History:...
  
   (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (born 1140, died 23 Jan 1180, buried in Altenberg);

• Friedrich II of Berg
  Friedrich II of Berg
  Friedrich II of Berg , son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg, was Archbishop of Cologne from 1156 until his death.He died at Pavia....
  
  , Archbishop of Cologne from 1156 until 1158 (born 1140, died in Pavia 15 December 1158);

• Bruno III of Berg
  Bruno III of Berg
  Bruno III of 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 provost at Cologne Cathedral. Named in 1191 Archbishop of Cologne, he resigned in...
  
  , Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Westfalia
  Westfalia
  Westfalia is the designation of various specially converted Volkswagen camper vans. It is named after Westfalia-Werke, the contractor that built the vans, which is headquartered in the town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück located in the Westphalia region of Germany....
  
   from 1191 till 1193 (died 1193, buried in Altenberg);

• Arnold, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
  Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
  The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück was a prince-bishopric centred on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück. The diocese was erected in 772 and is the oldest see founded by Charlemagne, in order to Christianize the conquered stem-duchy of Saxony....
  
   from 1173 until 1190 (died a crusader before Akkon 15 December 1190).

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