Engelbert I, Count of Berg

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Count Engelbert I of Berg (d. July 1189 in Serbia) ruled the County of Berg from 1160 to 1189. He was the son of Adolf IV of Berg.

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Through his loyalty to the German Emperor and the Archbishops of Cologne he succeeded in stabilising the county and increasing its revenues. He took Bensberg Palace, Neu-Windeck and Elberfeld.

In July 1189 he was killed near Kubin while on his way to the Holy Land with the crusade of emperor Frederick Barbarossa. [1]

Engelbert married Margaret of Guelders (born 1157, died 1190?). [2] They had:

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  1. 1 2 Loud 2016, p. 50.
  2. 1 2 Lyon 2023, p. 204.

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