Otto I (Burgundy)
Otto I, Count Palatine of Burgundy (* probably June / July 1170 ; † January 13, 1200 in Besançon ), also Otto von Hohenstaufen , was the fourth son of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and his second wife Beatrix of Burgundy .
In 1189 Otto received his mother's goods from his father, the territory of the Free County of Burgundy ( Franche-Comté ) as a Palatinate County . However, he was unable to continue his father's skilful and compensatory policy in Burgundy. His politics provoked conflicts with the Zähringers , the Duke of Burgundy and the Counts of Savoy . The secession of Burgundy from the empire intensified, the Counts of Savoy and the Counts of Provence entered into open opposition to the Staufers. Furthermore Otto got caught up in battles with the Bishop of Strasbourg (Konrad II. Von Hünenburg) and the Count of Mömpelgard , because he wanted to expand his sphere of influence to Alsace . Otto managed to defeat several opponents, one of them, Amadeus von Mömpelgard , he even killed himself while negotiating. Nevertheless, he could not assert himself in the complicated balance of power in Burgundy.
Count Palatine Otto I of Burgundy died in Besançon in 1200 at the age of 29 and was buried there in the Church of St. Etienne.
progeny
Otto had been married to Margarete von Blois (* around 1170, † 1230), daughter of Count Theobald V. von Blois , widow of Hugues III , since around 1190 . d'Oisy , Castellan of Cambrai . After Otto's death, this led the government in the Palatinate from 1202 to 1208. She was able to marry her younger daughter - after the death of the older one - to the Duke of Merania , to whom the Palatinate passed in 1211. Her two heir daughters from her marriage to Otto I were:
- Johanna († 1205/1206)
- Beatrix († May 7, 1231) ⚭ June 21, 1208 in Bamberg Otto VII. Von Andechs († May 7, 1234 in Besançon), since 1205 Duke of Merania
literature
- Reinhard Barth: Taschenlexikon Kreuzzüge. Piper, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-492-22794-5
- Friedemann Needy : Staufer pocket dictionary. Piper, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-492-23032-6 ,
- Laetitia Boehm : History of Burgundy. VMA Verlag Wiesbaden, 1998, ISBN 3-928127-62-4
- Stephanie Haarländer : Otto I .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 682 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eduard Winkelmann: Otto, Count Palatine of Burgundy . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 687 f.
Remarks
- ↑ See Annales Marbacenses, MGH SS XVII, p. 157
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto I., Count Palatine of Burgundy; Otto von Hohenstaufen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count Palatine of Burgundy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1170 or July 1170 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1200 |
| Place of death | Besançon |