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Birth:          ABT 1070 
Death:          ABT 1125 

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advocate of the Heiligau monastery
d 1124/5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalbert_von_M%C3%B6rsberg
Adalbert II Count of Mörsberg (Moersberg in 26-letter alphabet) (born about 1070, died 
between 1124 and August 30, 1125) was Vogt of the monasteries Allerheiligen in 
Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and Pfaffen-Schwabenheim near Bad Kreuznach, 
Germany, Count of Dill, Germany, and Mörsberg (now a part of France), as well as 
owner of the Mörsburg castle near Winterthur.

Adalbert seems to have been born around 1070 A.D. as son of Eberhard VII. von 
Nellenburg. One of his uncles was archbishop of Trier, another one was the abbot of 
the Benedictine abbey of Reichenau island.

Only some five years later, Adalbert lost his father who died in 1075 in the Saxon 
Rebellion. Between 1096 and 1098, already during the lifetime of his uncle Burchard 
III, the governing Count f Nellenburg, he took over the charge of the proprietary 
monasteries of the Nellenburgers as a Vogt. There he acquired a bad reputation 
because of illegitimate demands for monasterial property and brutality against the 
monks. Contemporary documents prove the efforts of his relatives to make amends for 
the damage caused by Adalbert.

By marrying Mechthild of Bar-Mömpelgard, daughter of Theodoric I, Count of 
Montbéliard of House Scarponnois and Ermentrude of Burgundy, heiress of the County 
of Montbéliard, Adalbert attained ownership of Château de Morimont near Ferrette in 
Alsace after death of his father-in-law in 1105. At that time he took the title of a Count 
of Morisberk which is not documented before and after his lifetime.

When also his uncle died in 1105 or 1106 without any male descendants, Adalbert's 
older brother Dietrich received the family seat and title of a Count of Nellenburg while 
Adalbert himself received a considerable share of allod (including Dill castle in 
Hunsrück with the monastery of Schwabenheim near Kreuznach, properties in 
Sponheim, Hamm, Kastellaun,) and the Nellenburg fiefs (the Kreuznach imperial estate 
with Böckelheim castle). In 1107, he is documented as Count of Dill. Mörsburg castle 
near Winterthur was named after him. Dill castle and Mörsburg seem to have been 
strengthened substantially or were probably only erected at the time.

His cousin Bruno of Bretten was archbishop of Trier from 1102 to 1124.

Adalbert wedded his daughter Mechthild (d. March 12, 1152/80) to Meginhard of 
Sponheim (c. 1085 to c. 1135). This act was of great importance in view of the fact 
that the title of count and considerable property were transferred to Meginhard which 
prompted the formation of the County of Sponheim.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I06755

Parents
____ Adalbert (Eberhard) (ABT 1035 - )
VON NELLENBURG ----- (ABT 1050 - )

Siblings
____ Adalbert (ABT 1070 - ABT 1125)

Marriage To OF BAR Mechtild (ABT 1086 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Theodoric I (Thierry II) (Dietrich I) (ABT 1045 - 2 Jan 1105)
DE BOURGOGNE Ermentrude (ABT 1060 - AFT 8 Mar 1105)

Children by OF BAR Mechtild ABT 1086 - 
VON MORSBERG Mechtilde (ABT 1100 - )

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