Otto VII. (Merania)

Otto VII., Figure in the Hedwig Codex (1353), Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum , Ms. Ludwig XI 7, fol. 10v

Otto VII († May 7, 1234 in Besançon ) was Duke of Merania from 1205 and as Otto II from 1211 Count Palatine of Burgundy . From 1228 to 1230 he was Margrave of Istria .

Otto was the son of Berthold IV von Andechs and Agnes von Rochlitz . In 1205 he succeeded his father as Duke of Merania.

His first marriage was on June 21, 1208 in Bamberg, Beatrix von Staufen († May 7, 1231), Countess Palatine of Burgundy, daughter of Count Palatine Otto I and Margarete von Blois , Countess Palatine of Burgundy, and thus a granddaughter of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa . As a result of this marriage, he took over the government of the Palatinate County from his mother-in-law in 1211 (as Otto II).

In 1228 he inherited the remaining lands from his brother Heinrich , who was ostracized from 1208 to 1211 because of his alleged participation in the murder of the German King Philip of Swabia .

In his second marriage he married Sophie von Anhalt ; † between November 23, 1272 and January 5, 1274, daughter of Prince Heinrich I. This marriage remained childless.

Otto I was buried in Langheim . His widow married Count Siegfried von Regenstein for the second time ; † March 12, 1240/46, in third marriage to Otto the Younger of Hadmersleben , attested in 1269/76; † before 1280.

progeny

Otto had six children from his marriage to Beatrix von Staufen:

• Otto VIII. , Attested in 1226; † June 19, 1248 at Niesten Castle , 1234 Duke of Merania and Count Palatine (Otto III) of Burgundy, buried in Langheim ;

⚭ 1234 Elisabeth of Tyrol; † October 10, 1256, daughter of Count Adalbert III. von Tirol , who married Gebhard IV. in 1249, Count von Hirschberg from 1240 († February 27, 1275). The family died out with Otto II.

• Agnes ; † between November 1, 1260 and January 7, 1263, buried in parakeet ;

⚭ I 1229, divorced 1240, Friedrich , Duke of Austria ; † June 15, 1246 ( Babenberger );

⚭ II 1248/56 Ulrich III. , 1256 Duke of Carinthia , 1251 Lord of Krain , († October 27, 1269) ( Spanheimer )

• Beatrix ; † after November 14, 1265; ⚭ Hermann II. Count of Orlamünde ; † 1247
• Margareta; † October 18, 1271;

⚭ I before September 25, 1232 Přemysl of Moravia ; † October 16, 1239;

⚭ II June 2, 1240 Friedrich von Truhendingen , attested in 1223; † August 30, 1274

• Adelheid; † March 8, 1279 in Evian , attested in 1222, heiress of the Palatinate of Burgundy in 1248, buried in the Cherlieu Abbey ;

⚭ I (marriage contract on November 1, 1236) Hugo von Salins, Lord of Salins , 1248 Count of Burgundy ; † 1266 after November 12 ( House Chalon );

⚭ II June 11, 1267 Philip I , Count of Savoy in 1268 , Count of Burgundy in 1267/79 ; † August 16, 1285 ( House of Savoy )

• Elisabeth; † December 18, 1272; ⚭ before May 10, 1251 Friedrich III. von Zollern , Burgrave of Nuremberg ; † August 12, 1297 in Cadolzburg ( Hohenzollern )

literature

• Ludwig Holzfurtner:  Otto II. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 683 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Personal data on fmg.ac