Otto I, Count of Guelders
Otto I, Count of Guelders | |
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| Born | 1150 |
| Died | 1207 |
| Noble family | House of Wassenberg |
| Spouse(s) | Richardis of Bavaria |
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| Father | Hendrik of Guelders |
| Mother | Agnes of Arnstein |
Otto I of Guelders (1150–1207) was a
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
.
Life
Otto I of Guelders joined his Emperor
Iconium. After the death of Frederick I Barbarossa, some of the crusaders in the army left for home but Otto joined one of the groups that went on towards Syria and Palestine. After arriving in the Holy Land, Otto joined the army of Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, who was besieging the city of Acre. Further hardships decimated the army of the late Frederick, and by the spring of 1191 most of them had left for home. Otto was the only survivor from the Low Countries, and returned home in 1190.[1]
He is mentioned as the first Count of the combined area of
Bishop of Utrecht
from 1212 until 1213.
Family
Otto I of Guelders was a son of Duke
Hendrik of Guelders and Agnes of Arnstein
.
He married
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of Loon
. Otto and his wife Richardis had 5 children:
- Henry of Guelders (?–1198). Was betrothed to Aleidis of Holland in 1197, the daughter of Dirk VII, Count of Holland. Henry died in 1198, before the wedding could take place.
- Gerard III, Count of Guelders (1185–1229).
- Adelaide of Guelders (?–1218), married William I, Count of Holland.[2]
- Bishop of Utrecht
- Irmgard of Guelders, married Adolf, Count of Altena and Mark, son of Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena and his wife Alveradis.
- Margaret of Guelders, married Lothar III, Count of Hochstadt
- Matilda of Guelders, married Henry II, Count of Nassau.
References
- ^ Jonathan Riley-Smith: "The Crusades - A Short History." The Athlone Press Ltd., London (1990), pp 112-113.
- ^ Chronologia Johannes de Beke 61, p. 141.
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