Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Arnold von Altena
Abt 1153 - Abt 1209 (~ 56 years)1. Arnold von Altena was born about 1153 (son of Eberhard and Adelheid von Arnsberg); died about 1209. Notes:
Count of Altena.
Family/Spouse: Mechtildis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Adolf von Altena died before 25 Jan 1260.
2. Eberhard was born about 1130 (son of Adolf IV and Irmgard von Schwarzenburg-Sponheim); died on 23 Jan 1180. Notes:
Count of Altena. Count of Berg.
Eberhard married Adelheid von Arnsberg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Adelheid von Arnsberg (daughter of Gottfried I van Kuyck and Jutta von Arnsberg). Notes:
Heiress of Altena.
Children:
- Oda von Altena
- 1. Arnold von Altena was born about 1153; died about 1209.
- Friedrich I von der Mark was born before 1155; died in 1199.
Generation: 3
4. Adolf IV was born about 1095 (son of Adolf III and Adelheid von Kleve); died after 12 Oct 1161. Notes:
Count of Berg and Hoevel.
Adolf married Irmgard von Schwarzenburg-Sponheim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Irmgard von Schwarzenburg-Sponheim (daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenburg). Notes:
Also called Margarethe, but not to be confused with her sister Margareta.
Children:
6. Gottfried I van Kuyck was born about 1100 (son of Hendrik I von Kuyck and Alveradis). Notes:
Count of Arnsberg.
Gottfried married Jutta von Arnsberg in 1129. Jutta (daughter of Friedrich von Arnsberg and Adelheid von Limburg) was born about 1103; died after 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Jutta von Arnsberg was born about 1103 (daughter of Friedrich von Arnsberg and Adelheid von Limburg); died after 1154. Notes:
Also called Ida von Arnsburg.
Children:
- (Unknown) von Arnsberg
- 3. Adelheid von Arnsberg
- Heinrich I von Arnsberg was born about 1130.
Generation: 4
8. Adolf III was born between 1078 and 1080 (son of Adolf II and Adelheid von Laufen); died on 31 Jul 1106. Notes:
Count of Berg and Hoevel.
Adolf married Adelheid von Kleve. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Adelheid von Kleve Children:
- 4. Adolf IV was born about 1095; died after 12 Oct 1161.
10. Engelbert von Schwarzenburg (son of Berthold I von Schwarzenburg and Richgard von Sponheim). Notes:
Mentioned 1125.
Children:
12. Hendrik I von Kuyck (son of Hermann von Malsen and Ide); died in 1108. Notes:
Lord of Kuyck.
Hendrik married Alveradis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Alveradis Notes:
Mentioned 1108. Possibly a von Hochstaden.
Children:
- Herman van Malsen
- 6. Gottfried I van Kuyck was born about 1100.
14. Friedrich von Arnsberg was born about 1075 (son of Konrad von Arnsberg and Mathilde von Northeim); died on 11 Feb 1124. Notes:
Count of Arnsberg.
Friedrich married Adelheid von Limburg. Adelheid (daughter of Heinrich I of Limburg and Lower Lorraine and Adelheid von Pottenstein) died before 6 Feb 1146. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Adelheid von Limburg (daughter of Heinrich I of Limburg and Lower Lorraine and Adelheid von Pottenstein); died before 6 Feb 1146. Children:
- 7. Jutta von Arnsberg was born about 1103; died after 1154.
Generation: 5
16. Adolf II was born about 1040 (son of Adolf I); died between 1090 and 1106. Notes:
Lord of Hoevel. Steward of the abbey of Werden. Mentioned 1077.
Adolf married Adelheid von Laufen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
17. Adelheid von Laufen (daughter of Heinrich von Laufen and Ida von Werl-Hövel). Children:
- 8. Adolf III was born between 1078 and 1080; died on 31 Jul 1106.
20. Berthold I von Schwarzenburg was born about 1070 (son of Friedrich II von Diessen and Tuta von Regensburg). Notes:
Mentioned 1125.
Berthold married Richgard von Sponheim. Richgard (daughter of Engelbert I and Hedwig of Mossa) died about 10 Apr 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
21. Richgard von Sponheim (daughter of Engelbert I and Hedwig of Mossa); died about 10 Apr 1130. Children:
24. Hermann von Malsen Notes:
Mentioned 1057.
Hermann married Ide. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
25. Ide Notes:
Said to have been called Ide de Boulogne.
Children:
- 12. Hendrik I von Kuyck died in 1108.
28. Konrad von Arnsberg was born about 1040 (son of Bernhard); died on 19 Jul 1092. Notes:
Count of Werl-Arnsberg. Killed in battle against the Frisians.
Konrad married Mathilde von Northeim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
29. Mathilde von Northeim (daughter of Otto I von Northeim and Richenza). Children:
- Heinrich I died between 1115 and 1118.
- 14. Friedrich von Arnsberg was born about 1075; died on 11 Feb 1124.
30. Heinrich I of Limburg and Lower Lorraine was born about 1059 (son of Walram and Jutta of Luxembourg); died in 1119. Notes:
Count of Limburg. Duke of Lower Lorraine.
Heinrich married Adelheid von Pottenstein. Adelheid (daughter of Boto von Pottenstein and Judith von Schweinfurt) died after 13 Aug 1106. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
31. Adelheid von Pottenstein (daughter of Boto von Pottenstein and Judith von Schweinfurt); died after 13 Aug 1106. Children:
- Matilda von Limburg
- 15. Adelheid von Limburg died before 6 Feb 1146.
- Agnes von Limburg died in 1136.
Generation: 6
32. Adolf I was born about 1020; died about 1083. Notes:
Count of Berg. Steward of the abbeys of Werden, Deutz, Berg, and Gerresheim.
Children:
- 16. Adolf II was born about 1040; died between 1090 and 1106.
34. Heinrich von Laufen (son of Boppo). Heinrich married Ida von Werl-Hövel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
35. Ida von Werl-Hövel (daughter of Bernhard of Werl-Hövel). Children:
40. Friedrich II von Diessen was born about 1020 (son of Dietrich I of Wasserburg); died on 23 Jan 1075. Notes:
Count of Diessen.
Friedrich married Tuta von Regensburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
41. Tuta von Regensburg (daughter of Hartwich von Regensburg). Children:
- 20. Berthold I von Schwarzenburg was born about 1070.
42. Engelbert I (son of Siegfried I of Sponheim and Richgard of Lavant); died on 1 Apr 1096. Notes:
Count of Sponheim. Count in the Kraichgau.
Engelbert married Hedwig of Mossa. Hedwig died after 1 Jun 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
43. Hedwig of Mossa died after 1 Jun 1100. Notes:
"She is called Hedwig 'of Mossa' (died on 1 June in an unknown year after 1100, perhaps ca 1112)." [Peter Stewart, citation details below.]
Children:
- 21. Richgard von Sponheim died about 10 Apr 1130.
- Engelbert II von Sponheim was born about 1055; died in 1141.
56. Bernhard (son of Hermann II). Notes:
Count of Werl-Arnsburg.
Children:
- 28. Konrad von Arnsberg was born about 1040; died on 19 Jul 1092.
58. Otto I von Northeim was born about 1025 (son of Benno von Northeim); died on 11 Jan 1083; was buried in Nicolai Chapel, Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
Count in Northeim. Duke in Bavaria.
Otto married Richenza. Richenza died before 11 Jan 1083. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
59. Richenza died before 11 Jan 1083. Notes:
Often called Richenza of Swabia, based on the idea that she was a daughter of Otto II of Swabia. This is now seen as unlikely.
Children:
- Ita von Northeim died after 1099.
- 29. Mathilde von Northeim
- Ethelinde von Northeim
- Kuno von Beichlingen died in 1103.
- Heinrich von Northeim was born about 1051; died before 10 Apr 1101; was buried on 10 Apr 1101.
- Siegfried III von Northeim was born about 1053; died about 1107.
60. Walram was born about 1030; died in 1082. Notes:
Also called Waleran; Udo. Count of Limburg. Count of Arlon.
Walram married Jutta of Luxembourg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
61. Jutta of Luxembourg (daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg and Gerberge de Boulogne). Notes:
Also called Judith.
Children:
- 30. Heinrich I of Limburg and Lower Lorraine was born about 1059; died in 1119.
62. Boto von Pottenstein died on 1 Mar 1104. Notes:
Count Palatine of Kärnten.
Boto married Judith von Schweinfurt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
63. Judith von Schweinfurt (daughter of Otto of Swabia and Schweinfurt and Irmingard de Susa). Children:
- 31. Adelheid von Pottenstein died after 13 Aug 1106.