Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde

Otto III. of Weimar- Orlamünde, according to other counting Otto IV (* 1244, † June 1285 ) was a Count of the family of Weimar- Orlamünde.

Otto III. , Lord of Weimar and Rudolstadt and the rule Plass castle was the son of Hermann II of Weimar- Orlamünde and Beatrix von Andechs- Meranien. With his Frankish possessions Otto joined III. about his mother's heir Otto II of Meran, first together with his brother Hermann III .. He was married to Agnes, countess of Truhendingen († May 13, 1285 ). Their children were Otto V. († 1315), Herrmann ( † 1319 ) and Otto IV the Younger ( † before September 1318 ) and Agnes. For Otto IV, a clerical career was determined, he was canon of Bamberg and last pastor of St. Sebald in Nuremberg.

Otto III. founded on December 28, 1279, the monastery Himmelcron. The Tumba Otto III. located in the collegiate church of the monastery.

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