Otto I, Duke of Merania
Otto I | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Merania | |
| Born | 1180 |
| Died | 1234 (aged 53–54) Besançon |
| Noble family | House of Andechs |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy |
| Father | Berthold IV, Duke of Merania |
| Mother | Agnes of Rochlitz |
Otto I, Duke of Merania (1180-1234) was a German nobleman. He was a Duke of Andechs and Merania. He was also Count of Burgundy as Otto II, by his marriage to Beatrice II of Burgundy.
Family
He was born in 1180 to Berthold IV, Duke of Merania, and Agnes of Rochlitz.
On the death of his father Otto became Duke of Andechs and Merania; he became Count of Burgundy on his marriage to Beatrice of Burgundy in 1208.
He had joined Leopold VI of Austria and Andrew II of Hungary in the Fifth Crusade.[1]
On Beatrice's death in 1231, he ceased to be Count and was succeeded by his son Otto III.
On Otto I's death in 1234, he was further succeeded by his son as Duke of Andechs and Merania.
He and Beatrice produced the following children:
- Otto, (1226 – 19 June 1248 at Niesten Castle), who succeeded both his parents in their domains.
- Agnes of Merania
- Beatrix, who married Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
- Margaret, who married Přemysl of Moravia and Frederick, Count of Truhendingen
- Adelaide, who succeeded her brother upon his death without children.
- Elisabeth, who married Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
References
- Lechner, Karl (1976). Die Babenberger: Markgrafen und Herzoge von Österreich 976–1246. Vienna: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3205085089.
- ^ Lechner 1974, pp.198