Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
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. 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.
Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach | |
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Born | c. 1083 |
Died | 4 August 1156 |
Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
Spouse(s) | Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld |
Father | Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern |
Marriage and children
Otto married Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe, on 13 July 1116.
Their marriage produced eight children:
- Hermann
- Otto, VI Count Palatine, I Duke of Bavaria
- Conrad of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz and then Archbishop of Salzburg
- Frederick II of Wittelsbach (died 1198/99) married 1184 a daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth
- Udalrich of Wittelsbach (died 29 March 1179)
- Otto VII, Count Palatine (died 1189) married Benedicta of Donauwörth, daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. Father of:
- Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria, who killed Philip of Swabia
- Hedwig (died 16 July 1174) married (before 1153) Berthold III, Count of Andechs (c. 1123 – 14 December 1188)
- Adelheid married Otto II of Stefling
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Otto IV, Count of Scheyern Born: 1083 Died: 4 August 1156 | ||
German royalty | ||
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Preceded by Engelbert I |
Count Palatine of Bavaria 1116–1156 |
Succeeded by Otto VI |
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