Count Palatine Otto, IV of Wittelsbach
Abt 1083 - 1156 (~ 73 years)-
Name Count Palatine Otto , IV of Wittelsbach [1] Title Count Palatine Suffix IV of Wittelsbach Born Abt 1083 [2] Gender Male Died 04 Aug 1156 [1] Notes - Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach (c. 1083 - 4 August 1156) was a son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern and his wife, Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde. Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. From 1116 onwards, he served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and he was Count palatine of Bavaria from 1120.
Otto was married with Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe. Their sons were Otto I, the first Wittelsbach duke of Bavaria and Conrad of Wittelsbach, archbishop of Mainz and Salzburg.
Person ID I5348 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Eckhard, I Count of Scheyern, d. Bef 11 May 1091 Relationship Natural Mother Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde Relationship Natural Family ID F2119 Group Sheet
Family Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, b. Abt 1103, d. 14 Sep 1170 (Age ~ 67 years) Married 1124 [3] Children 1. Otto, I of Bavaria, b. 1117, Bavaria, Bayern, Germany , d. 11 Jul 1183, Pfullendorf, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Age 66 years) Family ID F2118 Group Sheet
- Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach (c. 1083 - 4 August 1156) was a son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern and his wife, Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde. Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. From 1116 onwards, he served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and he was Count palatine of Bavaria from 1120.
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Sources - [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I_of_Wittelsbach,_Duke_of_Bavaria.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_IV,_Count_of_Wittelsbach.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heilika_of_Pettendorf-Lengenfeld.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I_of_Wittelsbach,_Duke_of_Bavaria.