Adolf VII of Berg
Adolf IV of Berg ( * 1220, † April 22, 1259 in Neuss ), eldest son of Henry IV of Limburg, reigned early on with and from 1246 alone, the county mountain, while his younger brother Duke of Limburg was. He was married to Margaret of Hochstaden. 1234 he took part in the crusade against the Stedinger, 1253 at the victorious battle from his perspective at West Chapel, the military climax of the Flemish War of Succession.
1246 Adolf von Berg joined his brother- in, the Archbishop of Cologne, and took to the emperor and Henry Raspe party. After his death, he was followed by William of Holland, of which 1248 he received the imperial courts Rath and Mettman, the kingdom gradient to Remagen and the investiture of his other bergischen possessions.
In 1248 he was present at the foundation stone for the Cologne Cathedral. 1255 he put together with his brother Walram Duke of Limburg the foundation of the monastery church in Altenberg.
The conquered and destroyed castle Bensberg in 1226 was recovered from him.
He died on April 22, 1259 at a tournament in Neuss injury. He had participated in many feuds and was made post mortem in 1264 with the nickname with the beard. His widow received the 1260 devolved on mountain after pledging lock Hückeswagen as a widow seat. She died on 2 February 1314.
His son Adolf V of Berg won in 1288 at the Battle of Worringen.
Children
- Engelbert, provost of Cologne
- Conrad I, Bishop of Münster (1306-1310) († May 25, 1313 )
- Walram, provost of Cologne
- William I († April 16, 1308 )
- Adolf V., († September 28, 1296 )
- Irmgard, († March 24, 1294 ), wife of Eberhard I of the Mark
- Henry Lord on Windeck († 1295 )