Reign 1051 or 1056 – c. 1057 Father Humbert I of Savoy Noble family House of Savoy Died 1057 | Successor Peter I Name Otto Count Predecessor Amadeus I Mother Ancilla of Lenzburg | |
Spouse Adelaide of Susa (m. 1046) Children Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, Peter I, Count of Savoy Grandchildren Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Similar People Adelaide of Susa, Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Henry IV - Holy Roman E, Henry III - Holy Roman E, Agnes of Poitou | ||
Parents Humbert I, Count of Savoy | ||
Otto (French: Odon, Oddon, Othon); Italian: Oddone; c. 1023 – c. 1057/1060) was count of Savoy from around 1051 until his death. Through marriage to Adelaide, the heiress of Ulric Manfred II, he also administered the march of Susa from around 1046 until his death.
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Family
He was a younger son of Humbert the White-Handed and his wife Ancilla of Lenzburg. Through Humbert's service to the German emperors, the family was granted the counties of Maurienne, Aosta and Sapaudia (Savoy), all at the expense of local bishops or archbishops. Otto inherited the family's realms after the death of his brother Amadeus c. 1051.
In 1046, he married Adelaide, heiress of the march of Susa and county of Turin. They had five children:
Rule
Through his marriage to Adelaide, Otto obtained extensive possessions in northern Italy. Thereafter, the House of Savoy concentrated their expansion efforts towards Italy instead of north of the Alps as they had done before. Savoy's lands occupied much of modern Savoy and Piedmont, although several other small states could be found between them. In the 1050s, Otto allowed coins to be minted at Aiguebelle. The archbishop of Vienne, Léger, who had sole right of minting in the region, complained to Pope Leo IX, so Otto forbade further coining at Aiguebelle.