Otto, I Count of Scheyern

Abt 1020 - Bef 1072  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Otto , I Count of Scheyern  [1]
  Suffix	I Count of Scheyern
  Born	Abt 1020  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 04 Dec 1072  [1]
  Notes	Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern; c. 1020 - before 4 December 1072) was the most ancient ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose relation with the House can be properly verified. Life He was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count in the Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf. He was appointed Vogt of Freising. A document from 1073 calls his Comes de Skyrun, i.e. Count of Scheyern. Otto I died 4 December 1072 while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem Marriage and issue Otto was married twice. His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not been preserved. About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count Friedrich of Diessen. Otto had four known children. By his first wife he had: Eckhard I. Bernard I (d. 2 March abt. 1102). By his second wife, Haziga, he had: Otto II (d. 1 Apr., abt. 1110). Arnold I, and Count of Dachau (d. c. 1123).
  Person ID	I5350	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Heinrich, I Count in the Pegnitz
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Unknown
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F2121	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Unknown
  Children	1. Eckhard, I Count of Scheyern,   d. Bef 11 May 1091
  Family ID	F2120	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I_of_Wittelsbach,_Duke_of_Bavaria. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Count_of_Scheyern.