Name Otto Count | ||
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 Died December 4, 1072, Scheyern, Germany Children Otto II, Count of Scheyern, Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern Grandchildren Otto IV, Count of Scheyern Great grandchildren Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad of Wittelsbach People also search for Otto II, Count of Scheyern | ||
Noble family House of Wittelsbach | ||
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.
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Life
He was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count in the Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf. He was appointed Vogt of Freising in Bavaria. 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.
Marriage and children
Otto was married twice. His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not been preserved. About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count Friedrich of Diessen.
Otto had 4 known children. By his first wife he had:
By his second wife, Haziga, he had 2 children: