Berg-Altena

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The Counts of Berg-Altena were the first counts of the County of Berg . One of the earliest records of the family is a certificate from Emperor Heinrich IV. From 1101, which mentions Adolf de Monte comites, the first known Count of Berg, Adolf I (around 1045; † 1106). Ancestral seat of the family was Berge Castle in Altenberg , later the Burg Castle in Burg an der Wupper .

Berg-Altena line

development

The area of ​​the later County of Altena with Altena Castle above the town of Altena an der Lenne has probably belonged to the County of Berg since the marriage of Adolf II von Berg , the son of Adolf I von Berg, to Adelheid von Arnsberg in the 1120s . Thus Haus Berg had expanded its possessions into what is now the Ruhr area and the Sauerland . Adolf II had Altena Castle expanded in 1152 and was also the founder of Burg Castle . In 1133 he handed over the old ancestral castle of the Counts of Berg, the Berge Castle in Odenthal-Altenberg, to the Cistercian Order , who established the Altenberg Abbey there, where he became a monk in 1160 and died in 1170.

Adolf II von Berg had several sons, a. a. Engelbert I. von Berg († 1189), who continued the Berg line, and Eberhard I. von Berg-Altena († 1180), to whom the Altena-Isenberg line goes back. Eberhard's Grafschaft Altena emerged from an inheritance split between the two brothers in 1161, with Altena Castle as the eponymous headquarters. This county of Altena was divided up from 1180 in a renewed division of the estate between Eberhard's sons Arnold von Altena and Friedrich von Berg-Altena .

Seats

genealogy

  1. Adolf I von Berg ( Adolf de Monte comites ) (* around 1045; † 1106), married. with Adelheid von Lauffen
    1. Adolf II von Berg (* 1090s; † 1160–1170), 1st marriage: Adelheid von Arnsberg, daughter of Count Heinrich von Rietberg, mother of Adolf. 2. Marriage: Irmgard von Wasserburg, daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenberg, mother of the other children.
      1. Adolf (* 1120–1125; † 1148) before Damascus
      2. Eberhard I of Berg-Altena († 1180)
        1. Arnold von Altena (* 1150; † 1209), builder of Isenburg , married. with Mechtild at Styrum; For descendants, see Altena-Isenberg-Limburg branch
        2. Friedrich von Berg-Altena († 1198), descendants see branch Altena-Mark
        3. Adolf von Altena (* around 1157; † 1220), Archbishop of Cologne
        4. Daughter Oda († 1224), married to Simon von Tecklenburg
      3. Friedrich II. Von Berg (* around 1120; † 1158), Archbishop of Cologne
      4. Engelbert I. von Berg († 1189) on a crusade, married. with Margarete von Geldern, daughter of Count Heinrich I.
        1. Adolf III. von Berg († 1218) before Damiette , married. with Bertha von Sayn
          1. Irmgard von Berg (Altena), married. with Henry IV of Limburg (* approx. 1200; † 1246); For descendants see House Limburg in the county of Berg
        2. Engelbert I of Cologne (* approx. 1185; † 1225), Archbishop of Cologne
        3. a daughter unknown by name (possibly named Gisela), who can be traced back to 1225 as a nun in the Oelinghausen monastery near Arnsberg
      5. Bruno III von Berg (* around 1155; † around 1200), Archbishop of Cologne
      6. Adolf (* hardly before 1148 and at the latest 1150; documented 1192–1197; † unknown)
    2. Everhard von Berg (* 1090; † 1142–1152), abbot of the Georgenthal monastery
    3. Bruno II von Berg (* 1090; † 1137), Archbishop of Cologne
    4. Gisela, presumed daughter, married. with Sizzo III. , Count of Schwarzburg († 1160)

Altena-Isenberg-Limburg branch

development

Arnold von Altena, Eberhard's older son, had Isenburg near Hattingen built and founded the Isenberg line , which owned the area of ​​what would later become the county of Limburg . Arnold's son from his marriage to Mechtild zu Styrum was Friedrich von Isenberg , who instigated an attack on his second uncle, Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne, in 1225, during which he was killed. Friedrich was executed for this. His son, Count Dietrich von Altena-Isenberg (* around 1215; † 1301), with the help of his uncle, Duke Heinrich IV of Limburg , who became Count von Berg after Engelbert's death , enforced and received his inheritance claims militarily in the Isenberg turmoil In 1242 a small part of his father's territory between the Ruhr, Lenne and Hönne. He named his castle there Limburg and then himself Count von Limburg, in memory of the family of his mother Sophie from the house of the Dukes of Limburg and Lower Lorraine , perhaps as a precautionary justification for inheritance claims. Because the ducal house went out in 1283, which sparked the Limburg succession dispute in which Dietrich was involved. Duke Johann I von Brabant stormed Hohenlimburg in 1288 and forced Dietrich and his family to flee to Styrum , where he and his son Eberhard owned an old royal estate, on which he built the first castle house with fortifications in 1289, the Styrum Castle . In the rule of Styrum and at Broich Castle , the branch lines of the Counts of Limburg-Stirum and the Counts of Limburg-Broich (the latter expired in 1372) were formed in the 13th and 14th centuries .

Seats

genealogy

  1. Arnold von Altena (* 1150; † 1209), builder of Isenburg , married. with Mechtild at Styrum
    1. Eberhard II of Altena and Isenberg († 1209)
    2. Friedrich von Isenberg (* approx. 1193; † 1226), married. with Sophie von Limburg
      1. Dietrich von Altena-Isenberg (* around 1215; † 1301), married. with Adelheid von Sayn, founder of the line of the Counts of Limburg and Limburg-Stirum
      2. Friedrich von Altena (documented in 1243)
      3. Agnes von Altena, married. with Burchard III. from Broich
      4. Sophie von Altena, married. with Heinrich von Volmestein
      5. Elisabeth von Altena, married. with Dietrich von Mörs
      6. daughter unknown by name, married. with Johann I. von Sponheim and Sayn
    3. Dietrich von Isenberg († 1226), Bishop of Münster
    4. Engelbert von Isenberg , Bishop of Osnabrück († 1250)
    5. Philipp von Altena, priest in Cologne († 1264/1266)
    6. Bruno von Altena , Bishop of Osnabrück († 1258)
    7. Gottfried von Altena, priest in Münster († 1246)
    8. Adolf von Holte († 1260), married. with Elisabeth von Arnsberg († after 1260)
      1. Heinrich von Holte, prior in Cologne (mentioned 1261, 1289)
      2. Arnold von Holte, priest (mentioned 1266)
      3. Wilhelm von Holte, priest (mentioned 1281)
      4. Mechtild von Holte, heiress of Holte and Morenhoven, († 1301), married. with Gerhard von Arberg, Burgrave of Cologne († 1267)
      5. Heilwig (mentioned 1237, 1246), married. with Willem I. van Horne († after 1264)
      6. Christina (mentioned 1257), married. with Alberto Schalle
    9. Wilhelm von Isenberg
      1. Wilhelm (mentioned 1275), married. with Christina (name otherwise unknown)
    10. a daughter whose name is unknown, married. with Hermann von Altena

Altena-Mark branch

development

Friedrich von Berg-Altena , the younger son of Eberhard I, acquired Oberhof Mark around 1170 , near which he had Mark Castle built, after which his son named Count Adolf I von der Mark , who also owned Nienbrügge Castle and owned the Hövel castle and founded the Count von der Mark branch.

Seats

genealogy

  1. Friedrich von Berg-Altena († 1198)
    1. Adolf I. von der Mark , († 1249), founder of the Mark line , 1st marriage: Lutgardis (Luitgard von Looz), possibly daughter of Gerhard von Looz, 2nd marriage: Irmgard von Geldern († after 1230)
      1. Eberhard von Altena († 1241), married. with Matilde (name otherwise unknown)
        1. Daughter unknown by name, mentioned in 1243.
      2. Gerhard von Altena, Bishop of Münster († 1272)
      3. Count Otto von Altena († 1269), married. with Ermgard von Holte
      4. Count Engelbert I von der Mark († 1277 near Bredevoort, buried near Cappenberg), 1st marriage: Kunigunde von Bliescastel, 2nd marriage: Elisabeth von Falkenburg
        1. Eberhard I. von der Mark († 1308), ruler of the Mark, ⚭ (I) Irmgard von Berg-Limburg, ⚭ (II) Marie von Looz
          1. Engelbert II von der Mark (* 1274, † 1328), ruler of the Mark, ⚭ Mechtilde von Aremberg
            1. Adolf II von der Mark († around 1347), ruler of the Mark, ⚭ (I) Irmgard von Kleve, ⚭ (II) Margarete von Kleve
              1. Engelbert III. von der Mark (* 1330; † 1391), ruler of the Mark
              2. Adolf III. von der Mark (* around 1334; † 1394), ruler of the Mark, Bishop of Münster, Archbishop of Cologne, Count of Kleve, ⚭ Margarete von Jülich
                1. Adolf II (Kleve-Mark) (* 1373; † 1448), ruler of the Mark, ⚭ Mary of Burgundy, for descendants see line Kleve-Mark
                2. Dietrich II von der Mark (* 1374; † 1398), ruler of the Mark
                3. Gerhard von Mark zu Hamm (* 1419; † 1461), ruler of the Mark
              3. Dietrich I von der Mark (* 1336; 1406), Bishop of Liège
              4. Eberhard von der Mark, priest in Munster
              5. Mechtild von der Mark ⚭ Eberhard von Isenburg-Grenzau
              6. Margaret von der Mark († 1409) ⚭ 1357 Count Johann I of Nassau-Dillenburg († 1416)
              7. Elisabeth, ⚭ before 1361 Gumprecht von Heppendorf
            2. Engelbert III. von der Mark (Cologne) (1304 - 25 August 1368), Archbishop of Cologne
            3. Eberhard I. von der Marck-Arenberg († 1387), ⚭ 1351 Marie von Looz († 1400), ancestor of the Mark-Arenberg family
            4. Matilda von der Mark († before 1327) ⚭ Gottfried III. von Sayn († 1327)
            5. Irmgard von der Mark († 1360) ⚭ Otto I. zur Lippe († 1360)
            6. Katharina von der Mark († 1360), 1337 to 1360 abbess of the Essen monastery
            7. Maraget von der Mark, Abbess of Munster
            8. Richardis von der Mark († after February 28, 1384) ⚭ before October 16, 1344 Bernhard V. zur Lippe († 1364/65)
          2. Adolf II of the Mark (Liège) (* 1288; † 1344) Bishop of Liège
          3. Konrad von der Mark († 1353) ⚭ Elisabeth von Kleve
          4. Margaret von der Mark ⚭ Count Gerhard von Katzenelnbogen
          5. Irmgard von der Mark
          6. Katherine von der Mark, Abbess of Fröndenberg (* approx. 1293)
          7. Kunigunde von der Mark († after February 25, 1343) ⚭ 1320 Dietrich II. Von Looz and Chiny († 1361)
          8. Engelbert von der Mark, Lord of Loverval, proven 1329/1362 ⚭ Isabelle von Hamal ( Hamal House )
            1. Engelbert von der Mark, Lord of Vogelsang, Loverval and Walhain († 1422), ⚭ Marie de Seraing
            2. Johann von der Mark († 1387)
            3. Elisabeth von der Mark († after 1420) ⚭ Gerard de Bastogne, Burgrave of Durbuy
          9. Johanna von der Mark († after 1358) ⚭ Philipp von Wildenberg
          10. Richarda von der Mark ⚭ Johann von Reifferscheid
        2. Agnes von der Mark ⚭ Heinrich von Berg and Windeck
        3. Richarda ⚭ Count Otto III. of Tecklenburg († 1285)
        4. Sofie von der Mark ⚭ Ludwig von Ziegenhain
        5. Gerhard von der Mark Herr zu Reckheim († after 1344) ⚭ Elizabeth de Dommartin
          1. Isabelle, ⚭ Bertrand de Liers († 1391)
        6. Matilda (Mechthild) von der Mark ⚭ Florenz Berthout de Malines (Lord of Mechelen)
        7. Adelaide (Adelheid) von der Mark ⚭ Duke Otto von Kleve
        8. illegitimate son: Engelbert> Franz, Abbot of Amay († 1330)
      5. Richarde, mentioned in 1270, married. with Count Otto von Dale
    2. Friedrich (III.) Von Altena (first recorded in 1199; last mentioned in a document in 1222

coat of arms

  • Coat of arms of the first count house von Berg

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Altena

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Limburg

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Limburg-Stirum

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of the Mark

See also

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monumenta Germaniae Historica. DD H IV, 2, No. 471, p. 640 (digitized version)
  2. ↑ Thomas R. Kraus: The emergence of the sovereignty of the Counts of Berg up to the year 1225 . (= Bergische Research . Volume 16). Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1981, ISBN 3-87707-024-8 , appendix, panel I.
  3. ^ Hermann Bollnow : The Counts of Werl. Genealogical research on the history of the 10th – 12th centuries Century. Ostsee-Druckerei und Verlag, Stettin 1930 (Greifswald, phil. Dissertation, 1930).
  4. ^ Jens Friedhoff: Altena Castle. In: Jens Friedhoff : Theiss Burgenführer Sauerland and Siegerland. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1706-8 , p. 22 f.
  5. ^ Westphalian document book VII 216.