House of Berg: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:31, 8 October 2020

Coat of Arms
House of Berg
Lords of Hövel
Counts of Berg and Altena

Cadet Branches
House of Isenberg
Counts of Altena, Isenberg
and Limburg
Issued from Eberhard I, 2nd son of Adolf II, Count of Berg
House of Limburg-Berg
Counts of Berg
Matrilineal branch issued from Irmgard of Berg, daughter and heir of Adolf III, Count of Berg

Personal Arms
Adolf III of Berg
Count of Berg
1189-1218
Eldest son and
heir of Engelbert I of Berg
Alternative arms variant
Engelbert II of Berg
Count of Berg
1218-1225
Archbishop of Cologne
1220-1225
2nd son of Engelbert I of Berg and younger brother of Adolf III of Berg

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-Image: Adolf von Berg.svg|House of Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Berg</span>
+Berg Ancient.svg|House of Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Hövel<br>Counts of Berg and Altena</span>
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 <gallery caption="Cadet Branches" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-Image: Mark.svg|[[House of La Marck]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Mark</span>
+Isenberg.svg|[[House of Isenberg]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Altena, Isenberg<br> and Limburg<br>Issued from Eberhard I, 2nd son of Adolf II, Count of Berg</span>
-Image: Isenberg.svg|House of Isenberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Isenberg</span>
+Berg.svg|[[House of Limburg|House of Limburg-Berg]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Berg<br>Matrilineal branch issued from Irmgard of Berg, daughter and heir of Adolf III, Count of Berg</span>
+</gallery>
+<gallery caption="Personal Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
+Adolf von Berg.svg|Adolf III of Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Berg<br>1189-1218<br>Eldest son and <br>heir of Engelbert I of Berg<br>Alternative arms variant</span>
+Engelbert II of Berg.svg|Engelbert II of Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Berg<br>1218-1225<br>Archbishop of Cologne<br>1220-1225<br>2nd son of Engelbert I of Berg and younger brother of Adolf III of Berg</span>
 </gallery>
+<!-- Two eldest surviving sons of Adolf II of Berg were: Engelbert who inherited Berg County and whos line continues with sons Adolf III and Engelbert II and then his granddaughter (daughter of Adolf III) Irmengard, heiress of Berg who married Henry IV, Duke of Limburg and thus passing County of Berg to that family. Younger son was Eberhard who inherited Altena and founded Isenberg county continuing that line first as Counts of Isenberg and then as Counts of Limburg (Hohenlimburg). -->