Individual Details
Otto II von Hohenstaufen, Count Palatine of Burgundy
(1167 - 2 Jan 1200)
Otto was born between 1167 and 1171, the fourth son of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and his second wife Beatrice de Bourgogne. He was the count palatine of Burgundy from 1190 to his death and briefly count of Luxembourg from 1196 to 1197.
About 1191, Otto married Marguerite de Blois, daughter of Thibaut V, comte de Blois, and his second wife Alice de France. They had two daughters of whom Beatrix would have progeny, marrying Otto I, duke of Meran.
When Henri, comte de Namur et Luxembourg, died in 1196, that county reverted to the emperor and Heinrich VI gave it as a fief to his brother Otto. Thibaud I, comte de Bar, who had married Ermesinde de Namur, heiress of Henri, negotiated the renunciation of Luxembourg with Otto the next year.
Otto was assassinated at Besançon on 13 January 1200. He was succeeded in the rule of Burgundy by his elder daughter Johanna. She died in 1205 and was succeeded by Beatrix, whose husband became count palatine of Burgundy in her right.
Source: Leo van de Pas
About 1191, Otto married Marguerite de Blois, daughter of Thibaut V, comte de Blois, and his second wife Alice de France. They had two daughters of whom Beatrix would have progeny, marrying Otto I, duke of Meran.
When Henri, comte de Namur et Luxembourg, died in 1196, that county reverted to the emperor and Heinrich VI gave it as a fief to his brother Otto. Thibaud I, comte de Bar, who had married Ermesinde de Namur, heiress of Henri, negotiated the renunciation of Luxembourg with Otto the next year.
Otto was assassinated at Besançon on 13 January 1200. He was succeeded in the rule of Burgundy by his elder daughter Johanna. She died in 1205 and was succeeded by Beatrix, whose husband became count palatine of Burgundy in her right.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1167 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1191 | Marguerite de Blois | |||
| Death | 2 Jan 1200 |
Families
| Spouse | Marguerite de Blois ( - 1231) |
| Child | Beatrix von Hohenstaufen de Bourgogne (1192 - 1231) |
| Father | Friedrich I, "Barbarosa" Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1123 - 1190) |
| Mother | Beatrix I of Bourgogne (1145 - 1184) |
| Sibling | Philipp von Hohenstaufen, Duke of Schwaben, German King (1176 - 1208) |
| Sibling | Henrich VI Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1165 - 1197) |