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. Download high resolution version (1458x614, 154 KB)Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1458x614, 154 KB)Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Events May 22 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo May 29 - Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni) September 17 - Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... // Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. ... Damietta is a port in Dumyat, Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile delta, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo. ... Map of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg circa 1477. ...

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: Note: the description Engelbert I of Berg can refer either to Count Engelbert I of Berg or to his son, Count Engelbert II of Berg, if referred to by his ecclesiastical office, when the form Engelbert I of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne sometimes occurs besides the more usual Engelbert I... Events April 25 - Genpei War - Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. ... Events Births Thomas Aquinas, Christian philosopher and theologian (d. ...

• Irmgard of Berg, heiress of Berg (died 1248-9).

In 1212 Adolf took part to the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars. 1215 he took over the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth. Map of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg circa 1477. ... Events The first Great Fire of London burns most of the city to the ground Battle of Navas de Tolosa Childrens crusade Crusaders push the Muslims out of northern Spain In Japan, Kamo no Chōmei writes the Hōjōki, one of the great works of classical Japanese... The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade (1209 - 1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the religion practiced by the Cathars of Languedoc, which the Roman Catholic hierarchy considered apostasy. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209. ... // Events A certified copy of the Magna Carta June 15 - King John of England forced to put his seal to the Magna Carta, outlining the rights of landowning men (nobles and knights) and restricting the kings power. ... Kaiserpfalz refers to castles accross the Holy Roman Empire which served as temporary, secondary seats of power for the Emperor. ... Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest parts of the City of Düsseldorf, it is in the north of the city, and next to the river Rhine. ...

Adolf left on 1217 with the Fifth Crusade to Egypt and died on 7 August 1218 in combat as commander of the troops in Damiette, in the delta of the Nile. April 9 - Peter of Courtenay crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III May 20 - First Barons War, royalist victory at Lincoln. ... Frisian crusaders confront the Tower of Damietta, Egypt. ... Damietta is a port in Dumyat, Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile delta, about 200 kilometres north of Cairo. ... The Nile (Arabic: ‎, translit: , Ancient Egyptian iteru, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river, though not the most voluminous, in the world. ...

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. Note: the description Engelbert I of Berg can refer either to Count Engelbert I of Berg or to his son, Count Engelbert II of Berg, if referred to by his ecclesiastical office, when the form Engelbert I of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne sometimes occurs besides the more usual Engelbert I...

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Map of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg circa 1477. ... Note: the description Engelbert I of Berg can refer either to Count Engelbert I of Berg or to his son, Count Engelbert II of Berg, if referred to by his ecclesiastical office, when the form Engelbert I of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne sometimes occurs besides the more usual Engelbert I...

Litterature

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.