Ottokar III of Styria

Ottokar III. (also Otakar III,. * 1125, † December 31, 1164 in Pecs / Pécs ), of the tribe of Traun Gauer, a branch of Otakare, was Margrave of Styria.

He was the son of Leopold I and the Welfin Sophie of Bavaria ( † 1145 ), daughter of Henry the Black and aunt of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

Since Ottokar was at his father's death only 4 years old, Sophie reigned in tutelage for many years Styria.

By inheritances Ottokar acquired huge areas and offices:

  • With death ( 1129-1138 ) of the Related Otto von Cordenons a large estate in Friuli with Cordenons / Curtis Naonis / Naun and free float in Noncello, San Quirino, San Foca, etc., with the advocacy of Ossiach. Through exchange, he also won the giving office of Aquileia
  • 1147 after the death of his uncle and former guardian, the tension heimer Bernard of Trixen: possession to Trixen ( at peoples market ) with Unterdrauburg and most associated and other ministry officials
  • The reigns of Marburg, Radkersburg and Tüffer ( area around Lasko on the lower Sann and on the Sava ) as Allode including ministry officials in the Marche on the Drava and the Sann ( in the now part of Lower Styria Slovenia ); to Tüffer also included Sachsenfeld / Žalec, Saxony Wart and Hochenegg / Vojnik, the castles Klaus Stein and Freudenegg and the Office Ratschach / Radece in Carniola.
  • The Margraviate an der Drau (not secured ) as an official feud with dominion to drann - Sann - watershed
  • The bailiwicks about the Salzburgische Pettau about the monasteries of St. Paul and Viktring as well as various Aquileier fief

He ruled over a territory from the Danube to over the Sava by Krain.

During his reign, Graz becoming the administrative center of Styria: After the death of the owner of the reign of Graz, the high free Aribonen Bernard of Stübing, grandson of the Count Palatine Aribo II, his sons Konrad " Hen" of Feistritzwerke and Adalram 1151 were for alleged treason beheaded. The third son Udalrich of Graz stepped forward in 1156 to the monastery Seckau and the Schlossberg and the Graz bottom left of the Mur to Salzburg Good ad rapam / Raab (St. Ruprecht ) were Ottokar. The vassals of Aribonen, Hadmar from the Enns, builder of the Schlossberg castle, and his son, Viscount Udalrich of Graz, were taken over by the new masters and made for the further development and expansion of settlement and market.

Ottokar founded 1160 Spital am Semmering (in today's Spital am Semmering ), a hospice and a hostel for pilgrims, crusaders or merchants, in 1163 the Vorau 1164 and the first Carthusian monastery in Germany to Seiz at Gonobitz.

Otakar died in 1164 during a crusade in Hungary. His son was the first Duke of Styria.

Progeny

From his marriage with Cunegonde of Vohburg († 1184 ) was obtained:

  • Ottokar IV
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