Otto IV, Count of Scheyern

Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach
Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach
Born	c. 1083
Died	4 August 1156
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
Father	Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Otto IV, Count of Scheyern

16. Henry of Schweinfurt

8. Henry I of Schweinfurt

17. Gerberga of Gleiberg

4. Otto I of Scheyern

2. Eckhard I of Scheyern

1. Otto IV of Scheyern

24. William II of Weimar

12. Poppo I of Carniola

6. Ulric I of Carniola

26. Werigand of Friulia

13. Hadamut of Istria

27. Willibirg of Ebersberg

3. Richgard of Carniola

28. Vazul

14. Béla I of Hungary

7. Sophia of Hungary

30. Mieszko II Lambert

15. Richeza of Poland

31. Richeza of Lotharingia

German royalty
Otto IV, Count of Scheyern House of Wittelsbach Born: 1083 Died: 4 August 1156
Regnal titles
Preceded by Engelbert I	Count Palatine of Bavaria 1116–1156	Succeeded by Otto VI

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