Otto II, Count of Rietberg

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Spouse(s) Adelaide of Lippe Noble family Werl-Arnsberg-Cuyk		Buried Marienfeld Abbey Name Otto Count
Father Conrad III, Count of Rietberg Mother Ermeswint of Reifferscheidt Died 18 July 1389(1389-07-18)

Otto II, Count of Rietberg (died 18 July 1389) was the ruling Count of Rietberg from 1365 until his death.

Life

He was the son of Conrad III and his wife Ermeswint of Reifferscheidt.

He inherited Rietberg when his father died in 1365.

He died on 18 July 1389 and was buried in the Marienfeld Abbey.

Around 1370, Otto II married Adelaide, the daughter of Otto of Lippe from the neighboring County of Lippe. They had the following children:

Conrad IV, who was Count of Rietberg from 1389 to 1428

John, a canon of Cologne, who fell in the Battle of Detern on 27 September 1426

Otto (d. between 6 July and 7 October 1406), Bishop of Minden from 1403 until his death

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