Otto IV. (Ravensberg)

Otto IV. (* Around 1276; † 1328 ) was Count of Ravensberg from 1306–1328 .

Otto was the fifth child of Count Otto III. and his wife Hedwig zur Lippe (* around 1238; † March 5, 1315), daughter of Bernhard III. born to the lip . He entered the clergy and became canon of Osnabrück in 1293 and canon of Münster on October 24, 1301 . After the death of his father on March 23, 1305, he returned to the secular class.

Marriage and offspring

Otto IV was married to Margaretha von Berg from 1313 . From this marriage there were two daughters:

• Hedwig von Ravensberg, first documented mention 1315, († December 5, 1336); ∞ (before April 7, 1328) Duke Wilhelm II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• Margarete von Ravensberg-Berg (* around 1320, † February 13, 1389); ∞ (1338) Gerhard I (VII.) Von Jülich-Berg († May 18, 1360).

After Otto's death, on April 7, 1388, his widow donated a memorial in the collegiate church in Bielefeld , where he is also buried.

swell

• Otto von Ravensberg personal database at Germania Sacra
• Von Ravensberg's personal database at Germania Sacra

literature

• From Charlemagne to their union with the Prussian monarchy, 768-1815 . In: Regent and people's history of the countries Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg, and Ravensberg . tape 2 . CJ Becker, 1838, p. 308-319 .