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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: House of Limburg-Stirum, Berg, Engelbert Ii of Berg, Ezzonids, Frederick of Isenberg, Adolf I, Count of the Mark, Adolf of Altena, Adolf Vi of Berg, Adolf Iv of Berg, Adolf Iii of Berg, Arnold of Altena, Adolf Ii of Berg, Herman I, Adolf I of Berg, Dietrich I of Isenberg, Eberhard I, Count of Berg-Altena, Engelbert I of Berg, Bruno Ii Von Berg, Adolf Ii of Lotharingia, Bruno Iii of Berg, Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena, Adolf I of Lotharingia, Dietrich Ii of Isenberg-Limburg, Johann of Limburg, Frederick Ii, Johann of Isenberg-Limburg, Irmgard of Berg, County of Berg, Ezzonen. Excerpt: Castle Altena in Altena . First residence of the Counts of Altena, the title and family name were later changed by Adolf I. Coat of arms of the counts of the Mark. Adolf I. Count of the Mark (c. 1194 28 June 1249), until 1226 a.k.a. Adolf I. Count of Altena-Mark, son of Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena and Alveradis of Krickenbeck, daughter of Reiner of Krieckenbeck-Millendonk. Adolf belonged to the line of Berg-Altena and was founder of the new noble branch of the Counts of the Mark. Following the year 1226, he reunited the lands of the Counts of Berg-Altena, which had been in possession of various sidelines of the family ever since the dividing of their heritage in 1180, thereby forming the county of Mark with its capital city of Hamm . Moreover, Adolf I. was reeve of the monasteries Cappenberg and Werden . Date of birth Adolf's date of birth is unclear. Commonly accepted is the year 1194, though sometimes an earlier date has been assumed. . In his book Die Landstände der Grafschaft Mark bis zum Jahre 1510: Mit Urkundlichen Beilagen , Rudolf Schulze determined Adolf's date of birth to be in 1164. This assertion does not tie with his parents' life data. Referring to various sources, the year ...