Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben

Otto II von Anhalt († 1315/1316 ) was Regent of the Principality of Anhalt- Aschersleben 1304 to 1315 / 1316, and resided mainly in Aschersleben.

Life

Otto II was the only son of Prince Otto I of Anhalt and the Heilwig of Silesia, daughter of Duke Henry III.

He supported the 1307 returning Wettin, was for many years closely with the cousin Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg, fell away from him and was in 1315 vassal of the Danish King Erik VI.

With the death of Otto II the Ascherslebener line died out in the male line. The princely title passed to Bernhard II von Anhalt- Bernburg. Since Otto II had gone into debt over the bishopric of Halberstadt, pulled the Halberstadt bishop Albrecht I., brother of sustained - bern burg princes, the Ascherslebener heritage for the most part as a completed fiefs in favor of the diocese, and enfeoffed with it in December 1316 his brother Bernhard II This recognized the lehnsrechtliche supremacy of the bishop.

As a result, the Ascherslebener heritage has been the subject of disputes between the house and the Prince of Anhalt Halberstadt bishops, which was finally settled in 1333 in favor of the bishops of Halberstadt for many years.

Marriage and issue

Otto was married to Elisabeth of Meissen (1264-1332), daughter of Margrave Albrecht von Meissen.

The couple had the following children:

• Catherine ( † before April 15, 1369 ) - the heiress of all allods, married to Hermann VI. Count of Weimar- Orlamünde in 1328,
• Elizabeth - married to Heinrich Vogt of Weida.