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Otto III, Count of Weimar Orlamünde

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Spouse(s)
  
Agnes of Truhendingen

Died
  
June 1285

Noble family
  
House of Ascania

Name
  
Otto Count

Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamunde
Father
  
Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamunde

Mother
  
Beatrix of Andechs-Merania

Buried
  
Himmelkron Abbey in Himmelkron

Otto III. Weimar-Orlamunde, someimtes called Otto IV (1244 – June 1285) was a German nobleman. He was a member of the House of Ascania and a titular Count of Weimar-Orlamunde. He was the ruling Count of Weimar and Lord of Rudolstadt and Plassenburg.

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Life

He was the son of Count Herman II and his wife, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania. In 1248, Otto III and his elder brother Herman III inherited the Franconian possessions of their maternal uncle Otto II. They divided their possessions, with Otto receiving Weimar, Rudolstadt and Plassenburg and Herman receiving Orlamunde.

On 29 December 1279, Otto III founded Himmelskron Abbey. He died in June 1285, and was buried in the collegiate church of the abbey.

Marriage and issue

Otto III was married to Agnes of Truhendingen (d. 13 May 1285). Together, they had the following children:

  • Otto "the Younger" (d. before September 1318)
  • Otto V (d. 1315)
  • Herman (d. 1319)
  • Agnes
  • References

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