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Eberhard I, Count Of Berg-Altena
Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (1140 – 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg), was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg and Altena. He married Adelheid von Arnsberg (van Cuyck) (died 1200), a daughter of Heinrich I count von Arnsberg (born 1123, died 1185) and Ermengarde (Irmgard) von Freusburg (died 1203). He inherited the eastern territorium of the County of Berg and became the 1st count of Altena from 1161, and Vogt of Werden and Cappenberg (1166–1180). His territories were later divided between his sons Arnold of Altena (the Isenberg, then Limburg (Lenne) line) and Friedrich I of Altena (the Altena, then Marck line). Before the split between Arnold Altena-Isenberg the eldest and his brother Friedrich Altena-Mark the younger son of Everhard, the ‘Grafschaft Mark’ did not yet exist. He left children: * Oda (born 1165, died by 1224), married to Simon count von Tecklenburg (k.a. 1202). They had children: ** Otto II count von Tekle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altena
Altena (; 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, in the northern stretches of the Sauerland. History Altena Castle was built in the early 12th century, as a stronghold of the older Counts of Berg. A short time later a village was founded beneath the hill, with the castle alongside the river Lenne, which feeds into the river Ruhr. After the distribution of the Berg family estates in 1161, Altena became the centre of the County of Altena. The first Count of Altena became Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena. In 1180, after the death of the first count, the county was divided between the two oldest sons: Arnold of Altena and Friedrich of Altena. The third son, Adolf of Altena, became Archbishop of Cologne. Arnold was provided with on half of the Castle and County of Altena, the Castle Hövel and some estates as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard I Von Altena
Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (1140 – 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg), was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg and Altena. He married Adelheid von Arnsberg (van Cuyck) (died 1200), a daughter of Heinrich I count von Arnsberg (born 1123, died 1185) and Ermengarde (Irmgard) von Freusburg (died 1203). He inherited the eastern territorium of the County of Berg and became the 1st count of Altena from 1161, and Vogt of Werden and Cappenberg (1166–1180). His territories were later divided between his sons Arnold of Altena (the Isenberg, then Limburg (Lenne) line) and Friedrich I of Altena (the Altena, then Marck line). Before the split between Arnold Altena-Isenberg the eldest and his brother Friedrich Altena-Mark the younger son of Everhard, the ‘Grafschaft Mark’ did not yet exist. He left children: * Oda (born 1165, died by 1224), married to Simon count von Tecklenburg (k.a. 1202). They had children: ** Otto II count von Tekle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf IV, Count Of Berg
Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena (died after 1161), son of Adolf III of Berg count of Berg 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 Altena, and built Altenberg Abbey (1133) where he enters in 1160. He had issue from his first marriage: * Adolf V of Berg count of Berg (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 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 (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (born 1140, died 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg); * Friedrich II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne from 1156 until 1158 (born 114 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 geographic term Bergisches Land, often misunderstood as ''bergiges Land'' (hilly country). History Ascent The Counts of Berg emerged in 1101 as a junior line of the dynasty of the Ezzonen, which traced its roots back to the 9th-century Kingdom of Lotharingia, and in the 11th century became the most powerful dynasty in the region of the lower Rhine. In 1160, the territory split into two portions, one of them later becoming the County of the Mark, which returned to the possession of the family line in the 16th century. The most powerful of the early rulers of Berg, Engelbert II of Berg died in an assassination on November 7, 1225. In 1280 the counts moved their court from Schloss Burg on the Wupper river to the town of Düsseldorf. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Of Altena
Arnold of Altena, count of Altena, count of Isenberg and Hövel, Vogt of Werden (1166–1209) was a son of Eberhard IV of Berg. He inherited the north-western territorium of Altena, and became 1st count of Isenberg in 1200. He married Mathilde countess of Cleve daughter of Dietrich III, Count of Cleves and Adelaide of Sulzbach (+12.2.1189). Mathilde's brother was count Diederick IV of Cleve (+1193) who married in 1182 Mechteld (Margaret) of Holland (died after 1203). Count Arnold of Altena – Isenberg and Mathilde countess of Cleve had issue: * Eberhard II count of Altena and Isenberg (born 1180, died 1209) * Friedrich II of Isenberg, count of Altena and Limburg-Isenberg (beheaded at Cologne 13 November 1226); * Dietrich of Altena, (born before 1180, died on the way back from Rome to Limburg 18 July 1226); * Engelbert of Altena, (1224-deposed 1226 following his implication in Engelbert II of Berg's assassination, rehabilitated 1238-1250) (born before 1200, died 1250); * Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limburg-Hohenlimburg
Limburg-Hohenlimburg was a county in Germany in the Middle Ages. It was created as a partition of Limburg-Isenberg by Diederck I of Isenberg, who called himself in 1246 Diederick I van Limburg. Of Diederick's two sons, the eldest son Johan who died in 1277 at the adge of thirty and left two sons and one daughter. He is the ancestor of the lordship Styrum. His youger brother Everhard continued 30 years more, the struggle with his father for the conquest of former Isenberger family property. Everhard, in 1301 the 'nearest in the bloodline', succeeded his father.Everhard's (1253-1308) predeceased brothers Hendrik and Johan do not appear in charters as Count of Limburg. In the charter of January 28, 1287 (Westf.UB VII Nr.2021, Dortmunder UB Erganzungsband I Nr.281) and May 20, 1295 (St. Archieve Dusseldorff, Broich Urk.3. siegel 187) together with his father Diederik, Everhard is Count of Limburg zu Hohenlimburg. “Theodericus comes senior de Lymburg” & “Everhardus comes de Lymburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich I Of Altena
Frederick I () (1173–1198) was a count of Berg-Altena, the later County of Mark. Frederick was the son of Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (1140 – 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg), was a son of Adolf IV, Count of Berg and Altena. He married Adelheid von Arnsberg (van Cuyck) (died 1200), a daughter of He ..., and inherited the south-eastern territory of Altena. He married Alveradis von Krieckenbeck-Millendonk, daughter of Reiner von Krieckenbeck-Millendonk, and they had issue: * Adolf I of Altena (c.1194–1249); * Friedrich of Altena ( fl. 1199). Literature * Genealogische Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser A Band II, 1955; * W. Gf v. Limburg Stirum, "Stamtafel der Graven van Limburg Stirum", 's Gravenhage 1878; * A.M.H.J. Stokvis, "Manuel d'Histoire, de Genealogie et de Chronologie de tous les États du Globe", Tome III, Leiden 1890-93; * W. K. Prins v. Isenburg, "Stammtafeln zur Geschicht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Mark
The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr River along the Volme and Lenne rivers. The Counts of the Mark were among the most powerful and influential Westphalian lords in the Holy Roman Empire. The name ''Mark'' is recalled in the present-day district in lands south of the Ruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The northern portion (north of the Lippe river) is still called ("Higher Mark"), while the former "Lower Mark" (between the Ruhr and Lippe Rivers) is—for the most part—merged in the present Ruhr area. Geography The County of the Mark enclosed an area of approximately 3,000 km² and extended between the Lippe and Aggers rivers (north-south) and between Gelsenkirchen and Bad Sassendorf (west-east) for about 75 km. The east-west flowing Ruhr separated the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isenberg
Isenberg was a County of medieval Germany. It was a partition of the county of Altena and was annexed to Limburg(Lenne) in 1242. Counts of Isenberg (1191–1242) * Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena (1140–1180) count of Altena of the burg Altena on the river Lenne. * Arnold of Altena (1180–1209) count of Altena-Isenberg of the burg Isenberg on the river Lenne. * Frederick of Isenberg (1209–1226) count of Altena-Isenberg of the burg Isenberg on the river Ruhr. * Dietrich I of Isenberg Dietrich I was the last count of Isenberg and Altena, the first count of Limburg (Limburg a.d. Lenne) (before 1215 – 1301), son of Friedrich II of Isenberg, count of Isenberg and Altena. Dietrich I was disinherited of all his territori ... (1226–1301) count of Limburg of the Hohenlimburg on the river Lenne.Aders/Berg/Quadflieg References {{Reflist Sources * R. Gerstner, Geschichte der Lothringischen Pfalzgrafschaft, Seite 14f.Nonn,Pagus,Anm.290; H.R.I.Nr.76, S.174 v.15.4.958/59: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Limburg Hohenlimburg And Broich
The house of ''Limburg Hohenlimburg'' (later ''Limburg-Hohenlimburg-Broich'') took its name in the 12th century from the county of Limburg on the river Lenne in today's Germany. After Diederick of Isenberg had claimed part of the former property of his father Frederik of Isenberg with the help of uncle Duke Hendrik of Limburg, he built the Hohenlimburg castle on the river Lenne. His youngest son Everhart succeeded him in the county at the end of the 13th century and is the ancestor of the family branch of the counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich. His eldest brother Johan (1247-1277), died at the age of thirty, left three children. The Counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich were not only a count by name (title), but actually ruled the county of Limburg-Lenne until the first quarter of the 16th century. The last count Johan (1464-1511) who had no descendants of his own. None of his only two male relatives, cousins Diederick and Adolf of Limburg, sons of his former godfather J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Of Altena
Adolf of Altena, Adolf of Berg or Adolf of Cologne, (c. 1157 – 15 April 1220 in Neuss) was Archbishop of Cologne from 1193 to 1205. Biography Adolf was born about 1157 as the second son of Count Eberhard of Berg-Altena and his wife Adelheid von Arnsberg. About 1177 he became a canon in Cologne. Later, in 1183, he became Dean of the Cathedral, and in the year 1191 Cathedral Provost. After the abdication of his uncle Bruno III of Berg he became Archbishop of Cologne in 1193, as ''Adolf I'', or ''Adolf I von Altena''. In March 1194 he received his episcopal consecration by Hermann II of Katzenelnbogen, Prince-Bishop of Münster. In the same year Adolf was instrumental in arranging the release of King Richard I of England, whom he received with considerable solemnity in Cologne shortly afterwards, at the beginning of February 1194. He was a declared opponent of the plans for a hereditary empire of Emperor Henry VI and at Christmas 1195 refused Henry's wish for the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishopric Of Cologne
The Archdiocese of Cologne ( la, Archidioecesis Coloniensis; german: Erzbistum Köln) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. History The Electorate of Cologne—not to be confused with the larger Archdiocese of Cologne—was one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. The city of Cologne as such became a free city in 1288 and the archbishop eventually moved his residence from Cologne Cathedral to Bonn to avoid conflicts with the Free City, which escaped his jurisdiction. After 1795, the archbishopric's territories on the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by France, and were formally annexed in 1801. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 secularized the rest of the archbishopric, giving the Duchy of Westphalia to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. As an ecclesial government, however, the archdiocese remained (more or less) intact: while she lost the lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
