House of Berg: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:21, 5 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

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-Adolf von Berg.svg|House of Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Berg</span>
+Adolf von Berg.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;">
-Altena-Berg.svg|House of Altena-Berg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Altena</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>
-Mark.svg|[[House of La Marck]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Mark<br>Cadets of Altena-Berg</span>
-Isenberg.svg|[[House of Isenberg]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Isenberg<br>Cadets of Altena-Berg</span>
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+<!-- Two eldest surviving sons of Adolf II of Berg were: Engelbert who inherited Berg County and whos line continues with a son Adolf III and then his granddaughter 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). -->