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{{Infobox noble
| name = Adolf VI
| birth_date = before {{Birth year|1176}}
| death_date = {{Death date|1218|08|07|df=y}}
| title = [[Count]] of [[Berg (state)|Berg]]
| reign = 1197–1218
| predecessor = [[Engelbert I of Berg|Engelbert I]]
| successor = [[Engelbert II of Berg|Engelbert II, Archbishop of Cologne]]
| spouse = Berta von Sayn
| issue = [[Irmgard of Berg]]
| father = [[Engelbert I of Berg]]
| mother = Margaret of Geldern
}}

[[Image:Capturing Damiate.jpg|thumb|350px|Crusaders confront the Tower of Damietta, Egypt]]
[[Image:Capturing Damiate.jpg|thumb|350px|Crusaders confront the Tower of Damietta, Egypt]]


Count '''Adolf VI of Berg''' (born before 1176; died 7 August 1218 at [[Damiette]] during the Hungarian crusade against [[Egypt]]) ruled the [[County of Berg]] from 1197 until 1218.
Count '''Adolf VI of Berg''' (born before 1176 – died 7 August 1218 at [[Damiette]] during the Hungarian crusade against [[Egypt]]) ruled the [[County of Berg]] from 1197 until 1218.


==Life==
==Life==
He was the son of [[Engelbert I of Berg]] and Margaret of Geldern, and the oldest brother of [[Engelbert II of Berg]] (1185-1225), also known as Engelbert of Cologne or Saint Engelbert. Adolf married Berta von Sayn (died 1244), a daughter of Heinrich II zu Saffenberg. They had one daughter:
He was the son of [[Engelbert I of Berg]] and Margaret of Geldern, and the oldest brother of [[Engelbert II of Berg]] (1185–1225), also known as Engelbert of Cologne or Saint Engelbert. Adolf married Berta von Sayn (died 1244), a daughter of Henry II von Sayn and Agnes zu Saffenberg. They had one daughter:


*'''[[Irmgard of Berg]]''', heiress of [[Berg (state)|Berg]] (died 1248-9).
*[[Irmgard of Berg]], heiress of [[Berg (state)|Berg]] (died 1248–9). She married [[Henry IV, Duke of Limburg]].


In 1212 Adolf took part to the [[Albigensian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]]. 1215 he took over the [[Kaiserpfalz]] [[Kaiserswerth]].
In 1212 Adolf took part to the [[Albigensian Crusade]] against the [[Cathars]]. And in 1215 he took over the [[Kaiserpfalz]] [[Kaiserswerth]].


Adolf left on 1217 with the [[Fifth Crusade]] to [[Egypt]] and died on 7 August 1218 in combat as commander of the troops in [[Siege of Damietta (1218)|Damiette]], in the delta of the [[Nile]].
Adolf left on 1218 with the [[Fifth Crusade]] to [[Egypt]] and died on 7 August 1218 of a plague as commander of the Lower-Rhenish and Frisian troops in [[Siege of Damietta (1218)|Damiette]], in the delta of the [[Nile]].


His brother, the Archbischop [[Engelbert II of Berg]] followed him as ruler of Berg, which later went to the husband of Adolf's daughter, [[Irmgard of Berg]].
His brother, the Archbishop [[Engelbert II of Berg]] followed him as ruler of Berg, which later went to the husband of Adolf's daughter, [[Irmgard of Berg]].


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/berg_und_altena_grafen_von/adolf_6_graf_von_berg_+_1218.html genealogie-mittelalter.de]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312183802/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/berg_und_altena_grafen_von/adolf_6_graf_von_berg_%2B_1218.html genealogie-mittelalter.de]


==Nota==
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Adolf VI, Count of Berg is named Adolf III, Count of Berg in the Netherlands and in Germany
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==Literature==
==Literature==
Alberic of Troisfontaines ([[Monumenta Germaniae Historica|MGH]], Scriptores XXIII). - Annales Rodenses (MGH, Scriptores, XVI). - Annalista Saxo (MGH, Scriptores VI). – Gesta Trevirorum (MGH, Scriptores VIII). – MGH, Diplomata. – REK I-II. – Rheinisches UB. – Hömberg, “Geschichte.” – Jackman, “Counts of Cologne.” – Jackman, Criticism. – Klebel, E. “Niederösterreich und der Stammbaum der Grafen von Görz und Schwarzburg.” Unsere Heimat. Monatsblatt des Vereins für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 23 (1952) 111-23. – Kluger, “Propter claritatem generis.” – Kraus, Entstehung. – Lück, D. “Der Avelgau, die erste fassbare Gebietseinteilung an der unteren Sieg.” In: Heimatbuch der Stadt Siegburg I. Ed. H. J. Roggendorf. Siegburg, 1964. Pp. 223-85. – Lück, D. “In pago Tuizichgowe – Anmerkungen zum Deutzgau.” Rechtsrheinisches Köln 3 (1977) 1-9. – Milz, “Vögte.” – Schmale, “Anfänge.” – Tyroller, “Genealogie.” – Wunder, G. “Die Nichten des Erzbischofs Friedrich von Köln.” AHVN 164 (1962) 192-6. – Wunder, G. “Die Verwandtschaft des Erzbischofs Friedrich I. von Köln. Ein Beitrag zur abendländischen Verflechtung des Hochadels im Mittelalter.” AHVN 166 (1964) 25-54.
Alberic of Troisfontaines ([[Monumenta Germaniae Historica|MGH]], Scriptores XXIII). - Annales Rodenses (MGH, Scriptores, XVI). - Annalista Saxo (MGH, Scriptores VI). – Gesta Trevirorum (MGH, Scriptores VIII). – MGH, Diplomata. – REK I-II. – Rheinisches UB. – Hömberg, "Geschichte". – Jackman, "Counts of Cologne". – Jackman, Criticism. – Klebel, E. "Niederösterreich und der Stammbaum der Grafen von Görz und Schwarzburg". Unsere Heimat. Monatsblatt des Vereins für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 23 (1952) 111–23. – Kluger, "Propter claritatem generis". – Kraus, Entstehung. – Lück, D. "Der Avelgau, die erste fassbare Gebietseinteilung an der unteren Sieg". In: Heimatbuch der Stadt Siegburg I. Ed. H. J. Roggendorf. Siegburg, 1964. pp. 223–85. – Lück, D. "In pago Tuizichgowe – Anmerkungen zum Deutzgau". Rechtsrheinisches Köln 3 (1977) 1–9. – Milz, "Vögte". – Schmale, "Anfänge". – Tyroller, "Genealogie". – Wunder, G. "Die Nichten des Erzbischofs Friedrich von Köln". AHVN 164 (1962) 192–6. – Wunder, G. "Die Verwandtschaft des Erzbischofs Friedrich I. von Köln. Ein Beitrag zur abendländischen Verflechtung des Hochadels im Mittelalter". AHVN 166 (1964) 25–54.


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Latest revision as of 15:25, 2 May 2021

Adolf VI
Count of Berg
Reign1197–1218
PredecessorEngelbert I
SuccessorEngelbert II, Archbishop of Cologne
Bornbefore 1176 (1176)
Died(1218-08-07)7 August 1218
Spouse(s)Berta von Sayn
IssueIrmgard of Berg
FatherEngelbert I of Berg
MotherMargaret of Geldern
Crusaders confront the Tower of Damietta, Egypt

Count Adolf VI of Berg (born before 1176 – died 7 August 1218 at Damiette during the Hungarian crusade against Egypt) ruled the County of Berg from 1197 until 1218.

Life

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He was the son of Engelbert I of Berg and Margaret of Geldern, and the oldest brother of Engelbert II of Berg (1185–1225), also known as Engelbert of Cologne or Saint Engelbert. Adolf married Berta von Sayn (died 1244), a daughter of Henry II von Sayn and Agnes zu Saffenberg. They had one daughter:

In 1212 Adolf took part to the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars. And in 1215 he took over the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth.

Adolf left on 1218 with the Fifth Crusade to Egypt and died on 7 August 1218 of a plague as commander of the Lower-Rhenish and Frisian troops in Damiette, in the delta of the Nile.

His brother, the Archbishop Engelbert II of Berg followed him as ruler of Berg, which later went to the husband of Adolf's daughter, Irmgard of Berg.

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Nota

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Adolf VI, Count of Berg is named Adolf III, Count of Berg in the Netherlands and in Germany

Literature

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Alberic of Troisfontaines (MGH, Scriptores XXIII). - Annales Rodenses (MGH, Scriptores, XVI). - Annalista Saxo (MGH, Scriptores VI). – Gesta Trevirorum (MGH, Scriptores VIII). – MGH, Diplomata. – REK I-II. – Rheinisches UB. – Hömberg, "Geschichte". – Jackman, "Counts of Cologne". – Jackman, Criticism. – Klebel, E. "Niederösterreich und der Stammbaum der Grafen von Görz und Schwarzburg". Unsere Heimat. Monatsblatt des Vereins für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich 23 (1952) 111–23. – Kluger, "Propter claritatem generis". – Kraus, Entstehung. – Lück, D. "Der Avelgau, die erste fassbare Gebietseinteilung an der unteren Sieg". In: Heimatbuch der Stadt Siegburg I. Ed. H. J. Roggendorf. Siegburg, 1964. pp. 223–85. – Lück, D. "In pago Tuizichgowe – Anmerkungen zum Deutzgau". Rechtsrheinisches Köln 3 (1977) 1–9. – Milz, "Vögte". – Schmale, "Anfänge". – Tyroller, "Genealogie". – Wunder, G. "Die Nichten des Erzbischofs Friedrich von Köln". AHVN 164 (1962) 192–6. – Wunder, G. "Die Verwandtschaft des Erzbischofs Friedrich I. von Köln. Ein Beitrag zur abendländischen Verflechtung des Hochadels im Mittelalter". AHVN 166 (1964) 25–54.

Preceded by Count of Berg
1189–1218 		Succeeded by
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