Otto II (Braunschweig-Göttingen)
Otto II of Braunschweig-Göttingen (* around 1380; † 1463 ), also called Otto Cocles (the one-eyed) , from the family of the Welfen was Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and after the death of his father Otto des Quaden from 1394 prince in the principality Goettingen .
Life
His father left him a politically and financially shattered country. The son managed to restore the political order, but not the financial one.
In order to restore political order, he allied himself, unlike his father, with the cities against the robber barons that were powerful in the region. He succeeded in storming Jühnde Castle in league with the Göttingen in 1407 , and he also forced the Lords of Adelebsen , Hardenberg and Schwicheldt to keep peace.
Because of the tense financial situation, he had to borrow money from his Brunswick cousins and in return guaranteed them the succession in Göttingen as early as 1395. As early as 1435 Otto withdrew from the government and left it to the estates.
The Brunswick dukes Wilhelm and Heinrich , who had ruled together in Wolfenbüttel until 1432 , now divided the pledged castles in the Principality of Göttingen in the course of the dispute in which Wilhelm Calenberg got. Between Wilhelm, Heinrich and Otto, who got involved again, a dispute broke out over the rule in Göttingen, in the course of which Otto, allied with Heinrich against Wilhelm, occupied Münden Castle in 1441. After an agreement in 1442 with the houses of Lüneburg and Wolfenbüttel, Otto kept the castle and town of Uslar for himself, his wife got Münden , Dransfeld and Sichelnstein . Seesen and Gandersheim were finally separated from the remainder of the principality and went to Braunschweig. Wilhelm received the concession from his brother and the Lüneburg dukes to rule in Göttingen until Otto's death.
Presumably around 1408 Otto Agnes von Hessen († January 16, 1471), daughter of Landgrave Hermann II of Hessen , married. The wedding with her sister Elisabeth was actually planned, but the bride died before the wedding. The couple had two daughters: Elisabeth, who died early, and Magarethe, who married Duke Heinrich von Schleswig in 1425. Since there were no male descendants, the Göttingen line of the Guelphs died out with Otto's death in 1463. The Principality of Göttingen remained with Calenberg, which was now partly called the Principality of Calenberg-Göttingen .
See also
literature
- Dietrich Denecke , Helga-Maria Kühn (ed.): Göttingen. History of a university town. Göttingen 1987, Volume 1, ISBN 3-525-36196-3 .
- Edgar Kalthof: History of the Principality of Göttingen in Southern Lower Saxony and the State of Calenberg in the Principality of Calenberg 1285–1584. Verlag Otto Zander, Herzberg (Harz) -Pöhlde 1982, ISBN 3-923336-03-9
- Ellen Widder : Saint George on the Sachsenross? The Göttingen court, its threatened end and the barefoot altar as part of Guelph memoria. In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte 85 (2013), pp. 261–327.
- Paul Zimmermann : Otto the One-Eyed . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 685 f.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Otto the Quade |
Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Prince of Göttingen 1394–1463 |
Wilhelm I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto II of Braunschweig-Göttingen; Otto Cocles (the one-eyed) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1380 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1463 |