Otto III, Count of Rietberg

Count Otto III. of Rietberg († December 18, 1535 ) was from 1516 to 1535 Count of Rietberg.

Otto III. was probably born 1475-1485, the eldest son of John I and Margaret to the lip. With his second wife, Onna by Esen, the Reformation came to the house Rietberg. 1533, Otto III. in the parish churches of Rietberg and new churches, the new doctrine of two Lippstädtern preach.

Otto III. suffered from leg ulcers and was buried after his death on December 18, 1535 as the last Count of Rietberg in Marienfeld Abbey. On his grave stone in the local cloister before winter refectory was read in Latin:

In addition, was the grave stone of his first wife:

Marriage and issue

Otto III. was in his first marriage, which took place before 1515, with Anna von Sayn († January 16, 1523 ) married. With her he had five children:

• Otto IV († around 1552 /3), married on February 1, 1541 Katharina Countess Palatine of the Rhine, died childless
• Johanna († June 25, 1578 ), abbess to Metelen and Dechantin to Herford
• Ursula, married on March 4, 1538 Philip Lord Winnenberg castle and Beilstein. As a marriage Money 6000 gold florins were paid.
• Ermgart († September 17, 1579 ), abbess to Vreden and Metelen
• Konrad ( † before 1523)

After Anna's death married Otto III. on September 26, 1526 Onna (Anna ) of Esen ( † after 1559 ). She was the daughter of Hero Omken, an East Frisian chieftain and the sister of Balthasar Junker out of the house Attena. This earned Otto III. the reversion of the Harlingen Country. Five years after the death of Otto III. Onna inherited the Harlingen Country of her brother Balthasar.

From this marriage came from:

• John II († 1562), Count of 1541-1562, the last count from the home Rietberg

Otto III. had an illegitimate daughter with Jutte, which later Johan Wills, married the bailiff of the county of Rietberg

• Ann