- Duke of Bavaria
- Count Palatine of the Rhine
- Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, AKA: Otto the Illustrius
Otto II. der Erlauchte Wittelsbach von Bayern, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine, was born 7 April 1206 in Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany to Ludwig I. von Bayern (1173-1231) and Ludmilla of Bohemia (1170-1240) and died 29 November 1253 Landshut, Bavaria, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Agnes von der Pfalz (c1201-1267) May 1222 JL in Worms, Germany.
Otto II, called the Illustrious (German: der Erlauchte), was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the House of Wittelsbach dynasty.
Biography
Otto was born at Kelheim. The poet Reinbot von Dürne was active at his court.
At the age of sixteen, he was married to Agnes of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of Duke Henry the Lion and Conrad of Hohenstaufen. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach inherited the Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. Since that time also the lion has become a heraldic symbol in the coat of arms for Bavaria and the Palatinate.
Otto acquired the rich regions of Bogen in 1240, and Andechs and Ortenburg in 1248 as possessions for the Wittelsbach and extended his power base in Bavaria this way. With the county of Bogen the Wittelsbach acquired also the white and blue coloured lozenge flag which since that time has been the flag of Bavaria (and of the Palatinate).
After a dispute with emperor Frederick II was ended, he joined the Hohenstaufen party in 1241. His daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Frederick's son Conrad IV. Because of this, Otto was excommunicated by the pope.
He died in Landshut in 1253. Like his forefathers, Otto was buried in the crypt of Scheyern Abbey.
Family and children
Otto married Agnes, the daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (a son of Henry the Lion) and Agnes of Hohenstaufen, in Worms in 1222. Their children were:
- Ludwig II. von Bayern (1229-1294).
- Heinrich I. von Bayern (1235-1290), Burghausen.
- Elizabeth von Bayern (c1227-1273), Queen of Germany
- Sophie von Bayern (1236-1289), married 1258 to Count Gerhard IV of Sulzbach and Hirschberg.
- Agnes von Bayern (c1238-1304), Nun in Segenstal Abbey
Otto had a daughter who died young and whose name is not known. The Annales sancti Rudberti Salisburgenses record her betrothal in 1235 to Conrad, who later married Elisabeth.[1]
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth von Bayern (c1227-1273) | 1227 | 9 October 1273 | Konrad IV of the Holy Roman Empire (1228-1254) Meinhard von Görz und Tirol (1238-1295) |
| Ludwig II. von Bayern (1229-1294) | 13 April 1229 Heidelberg | 2 February 1294 Heidelberg | Maria van Brabant (c1226-1256) Anna von Schlesien-Glogau (1240-1271) Mathilde von Habsburg (c1252-1304) |
| Heinrich I. von Bayern (1235-1290) | 19 November 1235 | 3 February 1290 | Elisabeth of Hungary (1236-1271) |
| Sophie von Bayern (1236-1289) | |||
| Agnes von Bayern (c1238-1304) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Otto II. von Bayern (1206-1253) | 7 April 1206 Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany | 29 November 1253 Landshut, Bavaria, Germany | Agnes von der Pfalz (c1201-1267) |
See Also
References
- ^ Alan V. Murray (1986), "Reinbot von Durne's Der heilige Georg as Crusading Literature", Forum for Modern Language Studies 22 (2): 172–173 and n8.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
- Otto II Herzog von Bayern at thePeerage
- Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CQ2-GTP, retrieved 04 Aug 2024
= Bibliography
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- Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (2013). Die Wittelsbacher am Rhein. Die Kurpfalz und Europa: 2 Bände. Schnell & Steiner. ISBN 978-3795426446.
- Schmid, Gregor M. (2014). Die Familie, die Bayern erfand: Das Haus Wittelsbach: Geschichten, Traditionen, Schicksale, Skandale. Munich: Stiebner. ISBN 978-3830710608.
- Vogel, Susanne (2012). Die Wittelsbacher: Herzöge - Kurfürsten - Könige in Bayern von 1180 bis 1918. Biografische Skizzen. Staackmann. ISBN 978-3886752485.
Nobility Charts
Otto II. von Bayern (1206-1253) Born: 1206 Died: 1253
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German royalty
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| Preceded by Louis I |
Duke of Bavaria 1231-1253 |
Succeeded by Louis II and Henry XIII |
| Count Palatine of the Rhine 1228–1253 |
Succeeded by Louis II | |