Otto I, Duke of Bavaria

Otto I the red head (* in 1117 probably in Kelheim, † July 11, 1183 in Pfullendorf ) from the house of Wittelsbach was the son of Count Palatine Otto V of Scheyern († 1156 ) and Heilika of Lengenfeld. Since 1156, he served as Otto VI. Count Palatine of Bavaria and from 1180 to his death Duke of Bavaria. With his rise to the rule of the Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach started on that only ended in 1918.

Life

Otto was also governor of Freising, Weihenstephan, Geisen field and Ensdorf. He was married to Agnes, daughter of Louis I of Loon and Rieneck. His brother Konrad I of Wittelsbach was from 1161 to 1165 and from 1183 to 1200 and Archbishop of Mainz from 1177 to 1183 Archbishop of Salzburg. 1180 was another brother Otto VII, Count Palatine of Bavaria.

Otto I was a close ally of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and diplomatically working for them. He stormed and captured in 1155 with 200 soldiers selected the Veronese Klause überhöhende and dominant position and thus created the conditions for Frederick Barbarossa train over the Alps back to the Holy Roman Empire. Because of his partisanship, he also made ​​clear with a drawn sword in the Diet of Besançon, he of the lion on September 16, 1180 was invested in Altenburg with the Duchy of Bavaria after the deposition of Henry. Duke of Styria, which was separated as the Traungau from the Duchy of Bavaria, Ottokar IV was the investiture took place relatively late after the deposition of Henry the Lion, which was completed in January in Würzburg, probably because not so easily organize the redesign of the Southeast left as in Saxony, which was divided in April of the same year. In June was carried out at the Diet of Regensburg confirming the dismissal on Bavarian soil.

Otto established the Wittelsbach as the dominant power in Bavaria, although the duchy in the three years of his reign could not be backed up: On the homage of Parliament in November 1180 in Regensburg were only a few representatives of the Bavarian nobility on. The Andechs with the recently created Duke of Meranien collected Berthold IV, the Counts of Bogen, the Ortenburgers or Ebersberg were the Wittelsbach in wealth and power at least equal, if not superior. While the tribal nobility the new Duke faced largely negative, the Bavarian bishops behaved loyally under the leadership of Otto's brother Conrad of Salzburg. Use of the emperor, of the church and of his brethren, v. a new Count Palatine Otto, Otto I could but enforce the ducal authority in Bavaria.

Otto's successor was his son Louis the Kelheimer.

Otto I is buried in Scheyern monastery. In the White Room in the Munich Residenz are tapestries that represent his deeds. A memorial plaque for him was taken in in the Walhalla near Regensburg.

Family

Duke Otto I married around 1169 in Kelheim Countess Agnes of Loon ( 1150-1191/1192 ), daughter of Count Ludwig I of Loon. The marriage produced nine children were born:

  • Otto (1169-1181);
  • Sophie (1170-1238) ∞ 1196 Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia ( 1152-1217 );
  • Heilica I. (* 1171 ) ∞ 1184 Hall Count Dietrich von Wasserburg ( 1142-1210 );
  • Agnes (1172-1200) ∞ 1186 Count Heinrich von Plain († 1190 );
  • Richarde (1173-1231) ∞ 1186 Count Otto I of funds and Zutphen;
  • Louis the Kelheim (1173-1231) ∞ 1204 Princess Ludmilla of Bohemia ( 1170-1240 ), widow of Count Albert III. of arc;
  • Heilica II (* 1176 ) ∞ 1190 Graf Adelbert III. of Dillingen ( † 1214 );
  • Elisabeth ( * 1178 ) ∞ Count Berthold II of Vohburg and last Margrave of Cham ( † 1209);
  • Mechthild (1180-1231)
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