Otto II of Zutphen

Otto II of Zutphen , called the Rich (* around 1050, † 1113 ) was Lord and later Count of Zutphen and Vogt of Corvey from 1063 . He was the son of Gottschalk , Count of Twente and Zutphen, and Adelheid, the daughter of Ludolf von Brauweiler .

With the death of his father, his older brother received the paternal inheritance, while Zutphen came to him from the maternal inheritance. The donations he made to many church institutions, as well as the reconstruction of the burned down church of St. Walburga in Zutphen, earned him the nickname of the rich . In a forged document from 1103, he is first referred to as Count of Zutphen.

progeny

From his first marriage to an unknown woman, he had a daughter, Adelheid, who was married to Egbert von Saarbrücken. His second marriage was with Judith († 1118), daughter of Ludwig I, Count von Arnstein ; Children from this marriage were:

• Heinrich I († 1122) Count of Zutphen
• Rupert; married Ermentrudis
• Ermengarde of Zutphen († 1138), Countess of Zutphen, she married
  • (I) Gerhard II. , Count of Geldern and Wassenberg , † around 1131
  • (II) Conrad II , Count of Luxembourg, † 1136
• Dietrich , Bishop of Münster 1118–1127
• Gebhard
• Judith, married Hermann I von Ravensberg .

literature

• Pieter Lodewijk Muller:  Otto II, Count of Zütphen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 741.

Web links

• Otto the Rich at graafschap-middeleeuwen (nl.)

Footnotes

1. ^ To fr: Otton II de Zutphen and "graafschap-middeleeuwen", to nl: Otto II van Zutphen and genealogy-medieval Judith von Supplinburg, sister of the emperor Lothar III. ; European Family Tables Volume I.1 (2005) Plate 13A ( Supplinburger ) does not know any sister of the emperor with the name Judith

predecessor	Office	successor
Gottschalk	Lord / Count of Zutphen 1063–1113	Gerhard II of Geldern ( de iure uxoris )