Otto III. (Ravensberg)

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Otto III., Detail of the tomb tomb in the Neustädter Marienkirche, Bielefeld

Otto III. (* around 1246; † March 25, 1305 ) was Count of Ravensberg from 1249 to 1305 .

Life

Burial in Bielefeld's Marienkirche

Otto III. von Ravensberg was born the son of Ludwig von Ravensberg and his wife Adelheid von Dassel (* 1224, † September 14, 1262/63). His younger brother Ludwig was Bishop of Osnabrück .

After the father's death in 1249, the succession caused some problems. The guardianship of the brothers Otto III., Ludwig and Johann took over the nobleman Bernhard von der Lippe . Mother Adelheid and her children fled to their Ratzeburg relatives, whereupon Bernhard forcibly occupied Ravensberg Castle with his men. Finally Otto III. appointed Count of Ravensberg.

In 1264 Otto III was victorious. in the feud with Count von Gesmold . In 1267 he took part in the battle of Zülpich on the side of Archbishop Engelbert II von Falkenburg .

When Heinrich IV of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen died in 1270 , Vlotho Castle fell into the joint possession of Otto III. and his cousin Heinrich zum Berge.

Before November 8, 1269 Otto III married. Hedwig zur Lippe.

In 1277 Otto III. a secret alliance with Konrad II. von Rietberg , Bishop of Osnabrück , Everhard von Diest , Bishop of Munster , and Herford Abbey in support of the noble lords of the Lippe .

Between 1265 and 1282 Otto III. Goods in Denmark that he had inherited from his half-brother Johannes. Johannes was a son of his mother Adelheid from his first marriage to Johann (or Jens) Jacobsen Galen . On April 13, 1265 the legacy of King Erik V of Denmark was confirmed after Otto III. and his brother Ludwig had sworn the king's feudal oath. A remaining inheritance dispute with the two sons of Johann Jacobsen Galen was settled in 1267, and Otto III was also in the following years. several times in Denmark. Apparently he enjoyed a considerable reputation there; among other things he appears in the king's documents as a witness. In 1282 Otto III finally sold. the goods for over 330 marks silver to an Olaf day.

In 1290 the Archbishop of Cologne, Siegfried von Westerburg , succeeded in persuading Gerhard, the successor of Heinrich zum Berge, to sell his half of Vlotho Castle.

On July 12, 1293 Otto III founded with his wife Hedwig a canon pen in Bielefeld . It was stipulated that at least 12 canons had to be accepted, and the right of patronage went to the Count of Ravensberg. The existing Marienkirche was raised from a parish church to a collegiate church.

Otto III. died in 1305 and was buried next to his wife in the monastery he founded. His son Otto IV followed him as Count von Ravensberg.

Marriage and children

Otto III. was with Hedwig zur Lippe, documented in 1264, († March 5, 1315), daughter of Bernhard III. zur Lippe , married. Together they had nine children:

  • Uda (Oda), first documented mention 1276, († June 25, 1313; ▭ in the Limburg city church ); ∞ (around August 25, 1292 / before April 1298) Johann I. von Isenburg-Limburg, documented from 1266 to 1310, (* before 1266; † October 1, 1312; ▭ in the Limburg city church)
  • Hedwig, first documented mention 1294 to 1346, (* before 1246, † after 1346); ∞ (1303) Torgils Knutsson , Marshal of Sweden, († February 9, 1306, beheaded)
  • Hermann, first documented mention in 1269, provost of Tongern (1282), canon of Osnabrück (1283–1296), canon of St. Lambert of Lüttich (1295–1296), canon of Paderborn (1293), († after November 10, 1297 near Milan )
  • Ludwig, documented mention 1269 to 1294, (* before 1269, † after 1294)
  • Otto IV. , Count of Ravensberg (1306), (* before 1276; † February 20 / March 6 (1328/1329)); ∞ (March 25, 1305 / November 24, 1312) Margaretha von Berg (* around 1275/1280; † after 1339)
  • Bernhard , documented mention 1276, († September 16, 1346; ▭ in Bielefeld)
  • Sophie, documented mention 1276 to 1328, (* before 1276, † after 1328); ∞ () Count Hildebold I of Oldenburg-Altbruchhausen (* before 1270, † after 1310)
  • Adelheid , (* around 1270; † after April 3, 1338; ▭ in the Elisabethkirche (Marburg) ); ∞ (1297) Landgrave Otto I of Hesse (* around 1272; † January 17, 1328 in Kassel; ▭ in the Elisabethkirche, Marburg)
  • Jutta, documented mention from 1276 to 1290, († before August 10, 1305); ∞ (before November 28, 1282) Count Heinrich III. von Honstein -Sondershausen († between August 10 and December 13, 1305)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Engel (arrangement): Ravenberger Regesten I, 785-1346, texts. Westfalen Verlag; Bielefeld, Dortmund, Münster 1985, ISBN 3-88918-033-7
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables , New Series, Volume 17, Plate 129, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1998, ISBN 978-3-465-02983-0
personal data
SURNAME Otto III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Ravensberg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1246
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1305