Individual Details
Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
(1083 - 4 Aug 1156)
According to Wikipedia:
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. Emperor Henry V already addressed him as 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 (died 1198/99) married 1184 a daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth
Udalrich of Wittelsbach (died 29 March 1179)
Otto VII, Count Palatine (died 1189) married Benedicta of Donauwörth, daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. Father of:
Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria, who killed Philip of Swabia
Hedwig (died 16 July 1174) married (before 1153) Berthold III, Count of Andechs (c.?1123 - 14 December 1188)
Adelheid married Otto II of Stefling
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. Emperor Henry V already addressed him as 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 (died 1198/99) married 1184 a daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth
Udalrich of Wittelsbach (died 29 March 1179)
Otto VII, Count Palatine (died 1189) married Benedicta of Donauwörth, daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. Father of:
Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria, who killed Philip of Swabia
Hedwig (died 16 July 1174) married (before 1153) Berthold III, Count of Andechs (c.?1123 - 14 December 1188)
Adelheid married Otto II of Stefling
Events
| Birth | 1083 | ||||
| Death | 4 Aug 1156 |
Families
| Spouse | Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld (1103 - 1170) |
| Child | Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1117 - 1183) |
| Child | Hedwig of Dachau-Wittelsbach ( - ) |
| Father | Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern ( - 1091) |
| Mother | Living |