Otto I, Count of Scheyern

Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern;[citation needed] c. 1020 – before 4 December 1072) was the earliest known ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose relation with the House can be properly verified.

Otto I, Count of Scheyern
Bornc. 1020
Diedbefore 4 December 1072
probably: Scheyern
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)A daughter of Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern
Haziga of Diessen
IssueEckhard I
Bernard I
Otto II
Arnold I
FatherHeinrich I, Count of Pegnitz
Motherunnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf

Life

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Most historians believe Otto was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf.[1] He was appointed Vogt of Freising in Bavaria.[2] A document from 1073 calls him Comes de Skyrun, i.e. Count of Scheyern. Otto I died on December 4, 1072, while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[2]

Marriage and children

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Otto was married twice.[2] His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not been preserved.[2] About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count Friedrich of Diessen.[2]

Otto had 4 known children. By his first wife he had:

By his second wife, Haziga, he had 2 children:

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafeln 9, 23
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafel 23
  • Ludwig Holzfurtner (1999), "Otto von Scheyern", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 694–694; (full text online)
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