Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg

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Father Otto III of Ravensberg Spouse Margaret of Berg-Windeck Mother Hedwig of Lippe Parents Otto III of Ravensberg		Name Otto Count Children Margaret of Ravensberg Died 1328
Noble family House of Calvelage-Ravensberg Grandchildren William VII of Julich, 1st Duke of Berg, Margaret of Julich Grandparents Louis, Count of Ravensberg, Louis of Ravensberg

Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg (c. 1276 – 1328) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Ravensberg from 1306 until his death.

Otto was the fifth child of Count Otto III and his wife Hedwig of Lippe (c. 1238 – 5 March 1315), daughter of Bernard III, Lord of Lippe.

Marriage and descendants

In 1313, Otto IV married Margaret of Berg-Windeck. Together, they had two daughters:

Hedwig (d. after 1387) married Duke William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Margaret (c. 1320 – 19 February 1389) married Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg

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