Otto IV, Count of Scheyern

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Name Otto Count		Died August 4, 1156
Father Otto III, Count of Scheyern and Wittelsbach Spouse Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld Parents Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern Children Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad of Wittelsbach Grandchildren Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Richardis of Bavaria
Noble family House of Wittelsbach Grandparents Otto I, Count of Scheyern

Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach (c. 1083 – 4 August 1156) also called Otto IV, Count of Scheyern was the second son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern. Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. He served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor in his first italian Expedition in 1110-1111. Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor already addressed Otto Count of "Witlinesbac" in a document in 1115. From 1120 onwards, he was Count palatine of Bavaria.

Marriage and children

Otto married Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe on 13 July 1116.

Their marriage produced eight children:

Hermann

Otto, VI Count Palatine, I Duke of Bavaria

Conrad of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz and then Archbishop of Salzburg

Frederick II of Wittelsbach († 1198/99) ∞ 1184 daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau) wörth

Udalrich of Wittelsbach († 29 March 1179)

Otto VII, Count Palatine († 1189) ∞ Benedicta of Donauwörth, daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau) wörth

Hedwig († 16 July 1174) ∞ (before 1153), married to Berthold III, Count of Andechs (* around 1123; † 14 December 1188)

Adelheid ∞ married Otto II of Stefling

(From the German article)

References

Otto IV, Count of Scheyern Wikipedia

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