 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1180 zvisinei Adolf akapanduka kuna Henry, uyo ipapo akamudzinga muHolstein. Adolf akazvibatanidza naFrederick Barbarossa Mambo Frederick I, uyo akamubatsira kuwanazve umambo hwake muna 1181 pashure pokunge Henry aurayiwa. Muna 1188 zvisinei Frederick akaramba chikumbiro chaAdolf kuguta reLübeck. Adolf akamuperekedza muHondo yechitatu yeChechi. Muna August 1190 akasvika kuTire, uko akasiya uto revaKristu ndokudzokera kuHolstein kunodzivirira nyika yake kuna Henry Shumba, uyo akanga adzoka panguva iyi achibva kuutapwa. Muna 1196, akaenda kuNyika Tsvene kechipiri nokuda kweCrusade yaHenry VI, akabva adzokera kumusha muna 1198. 