Otto I. von Scheyern

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Otto I. von Scheyern (* around 1020, † 1073 ) was Count of Scheyern and Vogt of Freising .

Life

origin

Otto I. von Scheyern was the oldest clearly verifiable ancestor of the Wittelsbach family .

  • His father is referred to as Otto I. (hence the alternative counting method as Otto II.).
  • Wegener sees him as the son of Heinrich I, Count an der Pegnitz and von Weissenburg († 1043).

Other names

Depending on the source, he is also called Otto II , Gaugraf Otto II or Ottone II .

Act

Heinrich V , Duke of Bavaria, died around 1026 without descendants. It is reported that the descendants of the Duke of Bavaria passed on to the very young Otto I von Scheyern and Conrad II. The possibility of transferring the Duchy of Bavaria to his son Heinrich III. seized. An up-to-date, scientific analysis of this issue has not yet been given.

For the first time Otto I. v. Scheyern tangible around 1045. Around 1047 he is recorded as Vogt of the Hochstift Freising , around 1060 also Vogt of the cathedral chapter Freising.

After his marriage to Haziga (after 1056) he was "comes de Skyrun" (Count of Scheyern), with iure uxoris to be added .

He was buried in Fischbachau (later together with his second wife), his bones were later reburied in Scheyern.

family

In his first marriage he was married to a sister of Count Meginhard von Reichersbeuern .

In his second marriage, Otto I. von Scheyern was married to Haziga von Diessen .

The offspring are assigned differently to the two marriages depending on the source:

It cannot be determined whether the son Arnold I. von Scheyern was married or illegitimate.

It is certain that Ekkehard I. von Scheyern comes from the second marriage of Otto I. von Scheyern.

literature

  • Ludwig Holzfurtner:  Otto von Scheyern. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 694 ( digitized version ).
  • Graphics Family tree of the Counts of Scheyern-Wittelsbach-Dachau-Valley from the lecture Prof. Schmid: Bavaria in the late Middle Ages WS 1996/97 [1]
  • Hans C. Faussner: In the early days of the Babenbergs in Bavaria and the origin of the Wittelsbachers. A chapter of Bavarian-Austrian history from a legal historical perspective , Sigmaringen 1990
  • Kamillo Trotter: The Counts of Scheyern, Dachau, Valley, Wittelsbach, Count Palatine and Dukes of Bavaria. In: Source Genealogical Handbook on Bavarian-Austrian History, 1931, pp. 29–36 ( Trotter, Wittelsbacher pdf)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Calendar for Catholic Christians: on d. Year ... 1842 . Seidel, 1842 ( google.de [accessed January 30, 2018]).
  2. Franz Sebastian Meidinger: Historical-chronological stories of the former Land- and Hoftäge in Baiern: with annotations, then a small chronicle and inventory from the old armory of the now capital and university town of Landshut . Publishing house d. Author, 1802 ( google.de [accessed on January 31, 2018]).
  3. ^ Karl-Heinz Schreiber: otto_1_graf_von_scheyern _ + _ 1078. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
  4. ^ Karl-Heinz Schreiber: otto_1_graf_von_scheyern _ + _ 1078. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
  5. a b Friedrich Hektor von Hundt: Scheyern Monastery, its oldest records, its possessions: A contribution to the history of the House of Scheyern-Wittelsbach . Franz in Komm., 1862 ( google.de [accessed January 30, 2018]).
  6. Wolfram Ziegler: King Conrad III. (1138-1152): court, documents and politics . Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77647-5 ( google.de [accessed on January 30, 2018]).
  7. ^ Tales from Bavarian history . Verlag der literarisch-artisticischen Anstalt, 1844 ( google.de [accessed on January 30, 2018]).