Otto, Count of Savoy
Otto | |
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Peter I | |
| Born | c. 1023 |
| Died | c. 1057/1060 |
| Noble family | House of Savoy |
| Spouse(s) | Adelaide of Susa |
| Issue more... | |
| Father | Humbert I, Count of Savoy |
| Mother | Ancilla of Lenzburg |
Otto (
march of Susa
from around 1046 until his death.
Family
He was a younger son of
In 1046, he married Adelaide, heiress of the
county of Turin.[4]
They had:
- Peter (d. 1078)[5]
- Amadeus (d. 1080)[5]
- Otto[5][a]
- Bertha (d. 1087), wife of Henry IV of Germany[5]
- Rudolf of Swabia[5]
Rule
Through his marriage to Adelaide, Otto obtained extensive possessions in northern Italy. Thereafter, the
Vienne, Léger, who had sole right of minting in the region, complained to Pope Leo IX, so Otto forbade further coining at Aiguebelle.[7][8]
Notes
References
- ^ Hellmann 1900, p. 17.
- ^ Previte-Orton 1912, p. 43.
- ^ Hellmann 1900, p. 13.
- ^ Previte-Orton 1912, p. 221.
- ^ a b c d e Previte-Orton 1912, p. 66.
- ^ Vergano 1951, p. ?.
- ^ Hellmann 1900, p. 15.
- ^ Demotz 2000, p. 24.
Sources
- Demotz, B. (2000). Le Comté de Savoie du XIe au XVe siècle: Pouvoir, Château et État au Moyen Âge (in French). Editions Slatkine.
- Hellmann, Siegmund (1900). Die Grafen von Savoyen und das Reich bis zum Ende der staufischen Periode (in German). Wagner.
- Previte-Orton, C. W. (1912). The Early History of the House of Savoy: 1000-1233. Cambridge at the University Press.
- Vergano, Lodovico (1951). Storia di Asti (in Italian). Vol. I. Comune di Asti, Assessorato per la cultura.
External links
- Oddo, Graf von Savoyen (1051-1059) (in German)
- Othon de Savoie (in French)
- G. Sergi, 'Oddone di Moriana-Savoia,' in “Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani” – Volume 79 (2013)
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