Bruno III of Berg
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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 provost at Cologne Cathedral
. Named in 1191 Archbishop of Cologne, he resigned in 1193, and finished his life as a monk in Altenberg
. He died in 1193, and is buried in Altenberg.
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:...
(German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Bruno III von Berg) was Archbishop of Cologne
Archbishopric of Cologne
The Electorate of Cologne was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire and existed from the 10th to the early 19th century. It consisted of the temporal possessions of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne . It was ruled by the Archbishop in his function as prince-elector of...
and Duke of Westphalia
Duchy of Westphalia
The Duchy of Westphalia was a historic territory in the greater region of Westphalia, located in the east of modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Originally, Westphalia formed with Angria and Eastphalia one of the three main regions of Saxony...
from 1191 until 1193.
The fifth son of Adolf IV
Adolf IV
Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena , son of Adolf III of Berg count of Berg and Hövel. He married Adelheid von Arnsberg, a daughter of Heinrich count von Rietberg; then Irmgard von Schwartzenberg, a daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenberg.He built the Schloss...
, 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:...
, he is first mentioned in 1156 as provost of St. George in Cologne, and in 1168 as provost at Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...
. Named in 1191 Archbishop of Cologne, he resigned in 1193, and finished his life as a monk in Altenberg
Altenberg (Bergisches Land)
Altenberg is an Ortsteil in the municipality of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and was formerly the seat of the Counts of Berg...
. He died in 1193, and is buried in Altenberg.