Otto I, Duke of Merania
Otto I († May 7, 1234 in Besançon) was since 1205 Duke of Meranien, since 1211, Count Palatine of Burgundy and 1228-30 Margrave of Istria.
Otto was the son of Berthold IV of Andechs and Agnes of Wettin. In 1205 he succeeded his father as Duke of Meranien.
He married his first wife, on June 21, 1208 in Bamberg Beatrix of Staufen ( † May 7, 1231 ), Countess Palatine of Burgundy, daughter of the Count Palatine Otto I and Margaret of Blois, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, and thus a granddaughter of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa. Due to this marriage he took over in 1211 (as Otto II ) from its mother, the government in the County Palatine.
In 1228 he inherited from his brother Henry, who was ostracized from Swabia from 1208 to 1211 for alleged participation in the murder of the German King Philip, the remaining lands.
His second wife, 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 Long 's home. His widow remarried Count Siegfried von Regenstein, † March 12, 1240 /46, and his third wife Otto the Younger of Hadmersleben, 1269/76 testifies before † in 1280.
Progeny
Otto had from his marriage to Beatrix of Staufen six children:
- Otto II, in 1226 testified † June 19, 1248 at the castle Niesten, 1234 Duke of Meranien and Count Palatine ( Otto III. ) Of Burgundy, buried in long home;
- Agnes, † between November 1, 1260 and January 7, 1263, buried in parakeet;
- Beatrix, † after November 14, 1265; ∞ Hermann II, Count of Orlamünde, † 1247
- Margareta, † October 18, 1271;
- Adelheid, † March 8, 1279 in Evian, 1222 testified in 1248 heiress of the county palatine of Burgundy, is buried in the Abbey Cherlieu;
- Elizabeth, † December 18, 1272; ∞ before May 10, 1251 Frederick III. of Zollern, Burggraf of Nuremberg, † August 12 1297 in Cadolzburg (Hohenzollern)