Otto I, Count of Scheyern

Otto I, Count of Scheyern
Born unknown
Died before 4 December 1072
probably: Scheyern
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s) A daughter of Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern
Haziga of Diessen
Father Heinrich I, Count in the Pegnitz
Mother unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf

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

Life

He was possibly a younger son of Heinrich I, Count in the 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 his 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

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

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 (NDB) (in German), 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 694–694 ; (full text online)


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