Berg

BERG
Duchy of Berg

Territorial Development & Dynastic History

Rulers of Berg

House of Ezzonen
Hermann I "Pusillus" count palatine of Lotharingia
Adolf I of Lotharingia, Vogt of Deutz
Adolf II of Lotharingia, Vogt of Deutz

House of Berg

1077-1082 Adolf I of Berg, 1st count of Berg

1082-1093 Adolf II of Berg-Hövel (Huvili), count of Berg

1093-1132 Adolf III, count of Berg

1132-1160 Adolf IV, count of Berg

1160-1189 Engelbert I, count of Berg

1189-1218 Adolf VI, count of Berg

1218-1225 Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne, Regent of Berg

1218-1248 Irmgard, heiress of Berg

House of Limburg
1218-1247 Heinrich IV Duke of Limburg, count of Berg
1247-1259 Adolf VII count of Limburg, count of Berg
1259–1296 Adolf V
1296–1308 Wilhelm I
1308–1348 Adolf VI

House of Jülich(-Heimbach), Counts
1348–1360 Gerhard
1360–1380 Wilhelm II.; becomes duke in 1380

House of Jülich(-Heimbach), Dukes
1380–1408 Wilhelm I
1408–1437 Adolf
1437–1475 Gerhard
1475–1511 Wilhelm II

House of Mark, Dukes
1511–1539 Johann
1539–1592 Wilhelm III, Duke of Julich, Cleves and Berg
1592–1609 Johann Wilhelm I

House of Wittelsbach, Dukes
1614–1653 Wolfgang Wilhelm
1653–1679 Philipp Wilhelm
1679–1716 Johann Wilhelm II
1716–1742 Karl Philipp
1742–1799 Karl Theodor
1799–1806 Maximilian Josef
1803-1806 Wilhelm of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen, Duke in Bavaria

French Grand Dukes
1806–1808 Joachim Murat
1808–1809 Napoléon Bonaparte
1809–1813 Napoleon Louis Bonaparte (under the regency of Napoléon Bonaparte)