Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (born 1140, died 23 January 1180, buried in Altenberg), son of Adolf IV of Berg, count of Berg and Altena. Altena is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Eberhard IV of Berg, count of Altena (also called Eberhard I von Altena) (1140 – 23 January Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg from 1132 until 1160 and of Altena (died after 1161 son of Adolf III of Berg count of Berg and Hövel
He married Adelheid von Arnsberg (van Cuyck) (died 1200), a daughter of Heinrich I count von Arnsberg (born 1123, died 1185) and Ermengarde (Irmgard) von Freusburg (died 1203).
He inherited the eastern territorium of County of Berg and became the 1st count of Altena from 1161, and Vogt of Werden and Cappenberg (1166-1180). Berg was a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Altena is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
He left issue:
- Oda (born 1165, died by 1224), married to Simon count von Tecklenburg (k. a. 1202). They had issue:
- Otto II count von Teklenburg and
- Oda von Teckelenburg;
- Arnold of Altena (born 1166, died 1209), 1st count of Isenberg;
- Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne from 1193 until 1205, and between 1212 and 1214 (born 1168, died in Neuss 15 April 1220);
- Friedrich I of Altena (died 1169). Arnold of Altena, count of Altena, count of Isenberg and Hövel Vogt of Werden (1166 – 1209 son of Isenberg was a County of medieval Germany. It was a partition of the County of Altena, and was annexed to Limburg-Isenberg in 1242 Adolf of Altena, Adolf of Berg or Adolf of Cologne, (c 1157 &ndash 15 April 1220 in The Electorate of Cologne (Kurfürstentum Köln or Kurköln) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire and existed from the 10th to the early 19th Frederick I (Friedrich I 1173 &ndash 1198 was a Count of Berg - Altena, the later County of Mark.
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