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Otto I, Count of Scheyern Dachau Valley

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Spouse(s)
  
Adelaide of Weilheim


Mother
  
Beatrix of Reipersberg

Name
  
Otto Count

Father
  
Arnold I, Count of Scheyern

Died
  
after 5 November 1130 probably: Valley

Noble family
  
House of Wittelsbach

Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley (also known as Otto of Dachau-Valley; d. after 5 November 1130) was a German nobleman. He was a son of Count Arnold I of Scheyern and his wife, Beatrix of Reipersberg. Otto I was the founder of the Scheyern-Dachau-Valley line.

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Life

He acquired the town of Grub via his wife. In 1122, he founded the town of Bernried am Starnberger See and became its vogt. In 1124, he acquired Dachau and the County of Valley (Valley, Bavaria). The branch of the House of Wittelsbach which descended from him, was named after these possessions.

Marriage and issue

Otto married Adelaide of Weilheim. Together, they had five children:

  • Gebhard (d. 1141)
  • Conrad I (d. 1175)
  • Adelaide, married Count Engelbert II of Gorizia
  • Otto II (d, c. 1170/1172)
  • Matilda

    • References

    Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley Wikipedia
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