Otto V, Duke of Bavaria

Otto V the Lazy (* 1346, † November 15, 1379 at Castle Wolfenstein on the Isar, Bavaria ) was 1347-1351 Duke of ( Upper) Bavaria, from 1351 nominal co-regent from 1365 and Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg. With the end of his reign in 1373 the era of the Wittelsbach dynasty ended in Brandenburg.

Otto V of the sluggard is not to be confused with Otto (v. ) to Langen (after 1244-1298 ), a son of askanischen Margrave Otto III.

Life

Otto was a son of the Emperor Louis of Bavaria Margaret of Holland. A year after his birth, his father died and Otto grew up in the Dutch home of his mother under guardianship of his brother Louis V. on. In December 1351, Ludwig V. gave the Mark Brandenburg to his brothers Louis VI. the Roman and Otto.

With the death of Louis the Roman on May 17, 1365, Otto took over the regency in Brandenburg. Two years earlier, Emperor Charles IV had contractually agreed with the childless brothers succeeded his son Wenceslas as elector in the event of her death without issue. Ludwig and Otto had fallen with their Bavarian brothers because of the cure and the Bavarian succession after the death of her nephew Meinhard in dispute, what Charles IV determined exploited for the enlargement of his power base.

On March 19, 1366, he joined in the double wedding of Prague marriage with Catherine of Luxembourg ( 1342-1395 ), the second daughter of Charles IV, who had been previously married since 1353 with Rudolf IV ( 1339-1365 ). This marriage, which was closed for political reasons, to enforce Karl's ambitions for power in Brandenburg, remained childless. Catherine lived during the marriage continues in Prague.

Otto neglected the business of government, preferring pleasures. In 1367 he sold Lower Lusatia, which had previously been pledged to the House of Wettin, A year later Charles IV, he lost the city German crown to the Polish king Casimir the Great. The abuses in the future electorate provided for his son Charles IV in 1371 led to the invasion of Brandenburg.

Formally Otto remained until 1373 still elector, but the actual violence in the country now practiced from Charles IV. By 1373 sealed the Treaty of Fiirstenwalde sale of Kurmark for 500,000 florins to Charles IV, the Mark Brandenburg eventually de jure went over to the Luxembourg. However, Otto retained under the contract, the electoral dignity to his death. In addition, Otto has been with nordgauischen possessions compensated by Charles IV.

After he was deposed Otto lived in Bavaria, where he recognized his brother Stephen II as co-regent. In 1379 he died at Castle Wolfenstein near Landshut. His remains were interred in Seligenthal monastery near Landshut.

Iconography

Statue of Adolf Brütt for Siegesallee with the two portraits of Bruges and Thilo Thilo of Ward Mountain, unveiled on 22 March 1899 as Memorial Group 12

A cartoon of the still image recorded Lyonel Feininger.