Otto I ( him. Otto , fr. Othon , ca. 1171 - January 13, 1200 , Besançon ), Palatine of Burgundy from 1189 from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, 4th son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Beatrice I , Countess of Burgundy [1] .
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 Otton I. Painting in the Cathedral of Saint-Jean-de-Besancon. | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Beatrice I and Burgundy Frederick I Barbarossa | ||||||
| Successor | Jeanne I | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Henry IV the Blind | ||||||
| Successor | Ermesinda I | ||||||
| Birth | 1171 | ||||||
| Death | January 13, 1200 Besancon | ||||||
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| Rod | Hohenstaufen | ||||||
| Father | Frederick I Barbarossa | ||||||
| Mother | Beatrice I of Burgundy | ||||||
| Spouse | Margarita de Blois | ||||||
| Children | Jeanne I , Beatrice II | ||||||
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Biography
Going on the Third Crusade in 1189 , Emperor Frederick Barbarossa transferred Otton to the county of Burgundy [2] , inherited by Emperor Frederick as a dowry of his wife. But Otton could not continue his father’s skillful policy in Burgundy, provoking a conflict with the Duke of Burgundy and the Count of Savoy . The county's dependence on the Holy Roman Empire was weakening, clashes were constantly taking place with the counts of Savoy and Provence . Otton later embroiled in a struggle with the Bishop of Strasbourg Conrad II and Count of Montbeliard Amedey , as he tried to expand his influence on Alsace . Otton managed to defeat several opponents, he even killed Amedea with his own hands while negotiating. But he never achieved his goals.
After the death in 1196 of the Count of Luxembourg, Henry IV the Blind , who did not leave his sons, the emperor handed Luxembourg to Otton. However, Count Bara Thibault I , the husband of Henry's only daughter, Ermezinda , agreed with Otton, as a result of which he refused Luxembourg in favor of Ermezinda and Thibault.
Otton died on January 13, 1200 in Besancon and was buried there in the church of St. Etienne, leaving two young daughters who successively inherited the county.
Marriage and Children
Wife: from 1190 Margarita de Blois (c. 1170 - July 12, 1230 ), Countess Blois , Chartres and Chateauden from 1218 , daughter of Thibaut V the Good , Count of Blois and Chartres, widow of Hugo III d'Oisey (c. 1140 - August 29, 1189 ), Chatelain Cambrai [3]
- Jeanne I ( 1191 - 1205 ), Palatine Graffiti of Burgundy from 1200
- Beatrice II ( 1193 - 1231 ), Palatinate Graffiti of Burgundy from 1205
Notes
- ↑ Hohenstaufen // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Perhaps Otton received the title immediately after the death of his mother in 1184 , but he began to rule on his own only from 1189.
- ↑ After the death of Otto, Margarita married a third time - for Gauthier II d'Aven (c. 1270 - c. 1246 ), Senor de Guise
Bibliography
- Laetitia Boehm: Geschichte Burgunds , VMA Verlag Wiesbaden, 1998, ISBN 3-928127-62-4
- Friedemann Bedürftig: Taschenlexikon Burgund , Piper Verlag GmbH, München 2000, ISBN 3-492-23032-6
- Reinhard Barth: Taschenlexikon Kreuzzüge , Piper Verlag GmbH, München 1999, ISBN 3-492-22794-5
- Johannes Lehmann: Die Staufer - Glanz und Elend eines deutschen Kaisergeschlechts , Lizenzausgabe für Gondrom Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Bindlach 1991 ISBN 3-8112-0903-5
- H. Grote: Stammtafeln , 7. Reprint der Originalausgabe von 1877, ZA-Reprint, Leipzig 1990, Ausgabe für Fourier Verlag GmbH Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-921695-59-7
Links
| Predecessor: Frederick I Barbarossa | Count of Burgundy 1189 - 1200 | Successor: Jeanne I |