Otto II. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg)

Sculpture at the Bomann Museum in Celle ; "Duke Otto", Celle Castle in the left hand

Otto II the Strict , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (* around 1266; † April 10, 1330 ) from the Guelph family was prince in the Principality of Lüneburg from 1277 to 1330.

Life

He was the son of Duke Johann I of Lüneburg († 1277) and Duchess Liutgard of Holstein. Otto was under the age of majority when his father died, which is why the administration of the country was initially led by his uncle Duke Albrecht († 1279), and after his death by his uncle, Bishop Konrad von Verden . From 1282 Otto ruled independently. His government was marked by several pledge-funded feuds over border and property disputes with his neighbors. Otto restricted the rights of the knighthood and preserved the peace in the country. The settlements of Harburg, Dahlenburg (1289) and Celle (1292) received urban privileges. In 1302 he bought the county of Wölpe for 6,500 silver marks . In the ambiguous election of a king in 1313, Otto joined his brother-in-law Ludwig the Bavarian , from whom he was enfeoffed in 1315 with the imperial fief. On November 28, 1315 Otto made an inheritance regulation, according to which the two sons Otto and Wilhelm should succeed him under division of rule.

Otto was buried in the newly built monastery of St. Michaelis in Lüneburg.

progeny

Otto had been married to Mathilde von Bayern († 1319), daughter of Duke Ludwig II of Strict († 1294) , since 1288 . The following children came from this marriage.

Johann († 1324), administrator of the Archdiocese of Bremen
Otto III. (1296–1352), Duke of Lüneburg
Ludwig († 1346), Bishop of Minden (1324–1346)
Wilhelm († 1369), Duke of Lüneburg
Mathilde († 1316) ∞ after 1308 Nicholas II , Prince of Werle

literature

Paul Zimmermann : Otto the Strict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 675-677.
Uwe Ohainski: Otto II, the strict one. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 679 f. ( Digitized version ).

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The Guelphs

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I.	Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg 1277–1330	Otto III. and Wilhelm

personal data
SURNAME	Otto II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Otto the Strict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in the Principality of Lüneburg (1277-1330)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1266
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1330