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  • Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
  • Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach
  • Count Palatine of Bavaria

Otto I. Wittelsbach von Bayern was born circa 1090 to Otto III. von Scheyern (?-c1121) and Richardis von Weimar-Istrien-Krain (c1070-1110) and died 4 August 1156 of unspecified causes. He married Heilika von Lengenfeld (c1103-1170) 1116 JL .

Biography

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Otto moved the family residence from Scheyern Castle to Wittelsbach Castle and so founded the Wittelsbach family. He was also considerably more powerful than his immediate forebears.

Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach (c. 1083 – 4 August 1156), also called Otto IV, Count of Scheyern, was the second son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern and Richardis of Carniola and Istria.[1] Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. He served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, in his first Italian Expedition in 1110–1111. Emperor Henry V already addressed him as Otto Count of "Witlinesbac" in a document in 1115. From 1120 onwards, he was Count palatine of Bavaria.

From 1110 to 1111 Otto V was in the First Italian Campaign in the entourage of German King Henry V. During this campaign, King Henry and Count Otto had kidnapped Pope Paschal II in order for the Pope to crown Henry Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

When the ancestral seat of the von Scheyern family was relocated to Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach, Otto began calling himself 'Otto V. of Wittelsbach' in 1116. He was thus the namesake for the ruling house of the Wittelsbachers, who ruled Bavaria until 1918.

Since Otto had participated in the capture of Pope Paschal in 1111, he was excommunicated from church, along with Emperor Henry. In order to atone for his sins for kidnapping the earlier Pope, (who was now deceased) Otto founded the Augustinian monastery and church in Indersdorf in 1120, in order for the present Pope, Calixtus II, to remove the excommunication.[2][3]

Marriage and children

On 13 July 1116 Otto married Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld,[4] a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe, by whom he had issue:

  • Hermann von Wittelsbach (?-?)
  • Otto I. von Bayern (1117-1183) (der Rotkopf - the Redhead), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1180-1183), "Otto VI" as Count Palatine of Bavaria (1156-1180). The first ruler of Bavaria from the House of Wittelsbach.[4]
  • Konrad von Wittelsbach (-1200), successively Archbishop of Mainz and Archbishop of Salzburg[4]
  • Friedrich II. von Wörth und Lengenfeld (?-1198) [4] married 1184 a daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth
  • Udalrich II. von Wittelsbach (?-1179) (died 29 March 1179)
  • Otto VII, Count Palatine of Bavaria (died 1189), Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1180 until his death, having succeeded in that office his elder brother Otto the Redhead, Duke of Bavaria. He married Benedicta of Donauwörth,[4] daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. He was the father of:
  • Hedwig von Wittelsbach (-1174) (died 16 July 1174) married (before 1153) Berthold III, Count of Andechs (c. 1123 – 14 December 1188)
  • Adelhard von Wittelsbach (c1125-) married Otto II of Stefling[4]


Children


Offspring of Otto I. von Bayern and Heilika von Lengenfeld (c1103-1170)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Otto I. von Bayern (1117-1183) 1117 Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany 11 July 1183 Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Agnes van Loon (1150-1191)
Konrad von Wittelsbach (-1200)
Friedrich II. von Wörth und Lengenfeld (?-1198)
Otto III. von Bayern (c1121-1189) 1121 1189 Benedikta von Wörth
Hermann von Wittelsbach (?-?)
Justizia von Wittelsbach (?-?)
Udalrich II. von Wittelsbach (?-1179)
Hedwig von Wittelsbach (-1174) 16 July 1174 Berthold III. von Andechs (c1112-1188)
Adelhard von Wittelsbach (c1125-)



Siblings


Offspring of Otto III. von Scheyern (?-c1121) and Richardis von Weimar-Istrien-Krain (c1070-1110)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Ulrich I. von Scheyern (c1090-c1130) 1090 1130
Otto I. von Bayern (?-1156) 1090 4 August 1156 Heilika von Lengenfeld (c1103-1170)


See Also

External Links

References

  1. ^ Jeffery 2018, p. ii.
  2. ^ Pius Wittmann: Die Pfalzgrafen von Bayern, Ackermann, 1877, S. 37 ff.
  3. ^ Geschichte Kloster Inderasdorf. https://www.900-jahre-kloster-indersdorf.de/jubilaeum-900-jahre/geschichte-des-klosters/
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Lyon 2013, p. 248.

Sources

  • Jeffery, Renée (2018). Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: The Philosopher Princess. Lexington Books. 
  • Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brother and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250. Cornell University Press. 

Nobility Charts

Otto I. von Bayern (?-1156)
Born: 1083 Died: 4 August 1156
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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Engelbert I
Count Palatine of Bavaria
1116–1156
Succeeded by
Otto VI



Footnotes (including sources)

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