House of Limburg-Stirum
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The House of Limburg-Stirum, which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eld
the crowning of Emperor Henry IV (left) by Clement III (center-right). Between them is Count Palatine Hermann II. Chronicle of Otto von Freising, Codex Jenensis Bose q.6 (1157).
Richeza of Lotharingia, Queen of Poland
Statue of Adolf I de Monte, first Count of Berg, at Schloss Burg
In 1133, count Adolf II built Schloss Burg on a mountain over the river Wupper. It remained the main residence of the counts of Berg until the 14th century. After the Thirty Years' War, in 1648, Imperial troops destroyed the fortifications of the castle.
Otto Ernst Leopold von Limburg-Stirum, was Count of Limburg Styrum and Bronckhorst, and Sovereign Lord of Gemen and Raesfeld.
August von Limburg-Stirum.
