Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Otto I.

Otto I von Braunschweig (* around 1247; † July 4, 1279 in Hildesheim ) from the Welfen family was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1260 to 1279.

Life

Otto I of Braunschweig was the son of Duke Otto, the child of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Mathilde of Brandenburg . As a minor, he was elected by the cathedral chapter on October 9, 1260 as the successor to Bishop Johann . Four years later the election was confirmed by the Pope and he was ordained bishop in 1274.

During the time of his episcopate, the diocese made several acquisitions, including in 1275 the county and castle of Count von Wohldenberg . Otto I often resided at Poppenburg Castle and issued documents there. The bishops of Hildesheim were co-owners of the Poppenburg at that time, without their consent Count Wedekind von Poppenburg could no longer act. At the same time Otto I. Graf Wedekind gave the county of Peine with town and castle Peine as a fief . As a result, Peine finally belonged to the sphere of influence of the Hildesheim Monastery and also became a market place . After the death of Count Wedekind von Poppenburg (1275) and his wife Oda von Hohenbüchen (1276), the castle and the county of Poppenburg fell to the sovereign, the Bishop of Hildesheim, according to the legal situation at the time.

After a falling out with his brother Duke Johann , a war with his brother Duke Albrecht followed after the latter was settled . This raised claims to five villages in the Salzgau , over which Otto had bought the county rights. As Margrave Otto III. von Brandenburg had awarded the villages to Duke Albrecht as an arbitrator, war broke out between the brothers. After unsuccessful attempts to reconcile his two brothers, Duke Johann took the side of the bishop and won him the archbishops of Magdeburg and Bremen as allies. After Johann's death in 1277, Duke Albrecht became the guardian of his children. Nevertheless, the monastery continued the war, in which its Campen Castle was conquered in 1279 , unsuccessfully. Albrecht took Sarstedt and Gronau and took several Hildesheim ministerials prisoner. Then he moved against Hildesheim, the capture of the Dammvorstadt was only prevented by heavy downpours. In this distress, Bishop Otto died in 1279 at the age of 32.

literature

• Karl Janicke:  Otto I . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 699 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Burgstemmen history of the castle and county ( memento from January 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), June 17, 2006.
2. ^ History of the city (and office) of Peine , June 25, 2006.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann von Brakel	Bishop of Hildesheim 1260–1279	Siegfried II of Querfurt