Otto I, Count of Scheyern

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Otto I, Count of Scheyern
Bornunknown
Diedprobably: Scheyern
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)A daughter of Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern
Haziga of Diessen
Issue
Eckhard I
Bernard I
Otto II
Arnold I
FatherHeinrich I, Count in the Pegnitz
Motherunnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf

Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern;[citation needed] c. 1020 – before 4 December 1072) was the earliest known ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach, whose relation with the House can be properly verified.

Life[]

Most historians believe Otto was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of .[1] He was appointed Vogt of Freising in Bavaria.[2] A document from 1073 calls him Comes de Skyrun, i.e. Count of Scheyern. Otto I died on December 4, 1072 while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[2]

Marriage and children[]

Otto was married twice.[2] His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not been preserved.[2] About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count Friedrich of Diessen.[2]

Otto had 4 known children. By his first wife he had:

By his second wife, Haziga, he had 2 children:

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafeln 9, 23
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafel 23
  • Ludwig Holzfurtner (1999), "Otto von Scheyern", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 694–694; (full text online)

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