Adolf VIII of Berg

Adolf V of Berg ( † 28 or September 29, 1296 ) ruled the county Berg from 1259 to 1296.

Childhood

After the death of his father Adolf IV in 1259 he was represented initially by his mother in the regency. This suggests that Adolf, whose birth year is unknown at this time was still a minor. It was not until 1262 he performed alone. His mother's residence was the castle Hückeswagen. 1260 waived the counts of Hückeswagen Hückeswagen to the county, which was pledged to the Count of Berg from 1189 and from 1260 came to the county mountain.

Mint money

King Rudolf of Habsburg in 1275 allowed him to move his mint by Wipperfuerth. This also visited him in 1273 and 1291 at his castle in Bensberg.

History

Adolf V. gave 1276 Ratingen and Dusseldorf in 1288, the city rights in 1282, he confirmed the privileges of Wipperfuerth.

Feud to Elberfeld

Direct to the start of his reign it came to feud to Elberfeld with the Knights Arnold and Konrad to Elberfeld.

War with Siegfried of Westerburg

He tried in vain his brother Konrad I of Berg, the provost of the cathedral of Cologne, to bring to the Erzstuhl after the death of Archbishop Engelbert II of Falkenburg on 20 October 1274 as it sat Siegfried of Westerburg by.

He also had a year before, in 1273, waive the liens of Gummersbach, who fell to the Counts of Mark. And the Duchy of Limburg, the lawful state him as heir, was forcibly occupied by Count Rainald I. of funds with the support of Archbishop Siegfried of Westerburg.

Nevertheless, in his reign was the most important victory for the Berger, when Adolf V was on the side of the Duke of Brabant, and " romerijke Hya, mountains " with his Bergische farmers and the battle cry (High, glorious mountain ) but also the Archbishop Siegfried of Westerburg defeated at the Battle of Worringen on June 5, 1288. This battle was the last major and by far the bloodiest battle of the Middle Ages. On August 14, 1288, he rose Dusseldorf in recognition of the use of its inhabitants in the battle for the city, according to Wipperfuerth, Lennep and Ratingen ( 1276), the fourth in the county. The opposing Archbishop Siegfried of Westerburg was jailed 13 months at Schloss castle.

Count Adolf V came in 1292, in turn, by a cunning captive of the Archbishop of Cologne and died on 28 or September 29, 1296 in detention. He is buried in the collegiate church in Solingen Graefrath.

Family

Adolf V. was married to Elisabeth von Geldern, who died in 1313 and was buried with him. He died childless. His successor as Count of Berg was his brother William.

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