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Personal data Otto IV Count of Wittelsbach of Scheyern 

• He was born from 1083 till 1090 in Scheyern, Bavaria, Germany.Sources 1, 2
• He died on August 4, 1156, he was 73 years old.Sources 1, 2
• He is buried in Ensdorf.
• A child of Eckhard I of Scheyern and Richardis of Carniola
• This information was last updated on August 29, 2023.

Household of Otto IV Count of Wittelsbach of Scheyern

He is married to Heilika von Pettendorf.

They got married before July 13, 1116.

Child(ren):

1. Otto I of Wittelsbach  ± 1117-1183 
2. Hedwig von Wittelsbach  ± 1125-< 1151 
3. Agnes of Bavaria  ± 1142-1218 

Notes about Otto IV Count of Wittelsbach of Scheyern

Pfalzgraf of Bavaria in 1120

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Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach

Bornc. 1083
Died4 August 1156
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
FatherEckhard I, Count of Scheyern
MotherRichardis of Carniola
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 and Richardis of Carniola and Istria.[1] 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.

From 1110 to 1111 Otto V was in the First Italian Campaign in the entourage of German King Henry V. During this campaign, King Henry and Count Otto had kidnapped Pope Paschal II in order for the Pope to crown Henry Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

When the ancestral seat of the von Scheyern family was relocated to Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach, Otto began calling himself 'Otto V. of Wittelsbach' in 1116. He was thus the namesake for the ruling house of the Wittelsbachers, who ruled Bavaria until 1918.

Since Otto had participated in the capture of Pope Paschal in 1111, he was excommunicated from church, along with Emperor Henry. In order to atone for his sins for kidnapping the earlier Pope, (who was now deceased) Otto founded the Augustinian monastery and church in Indersdorf in 1120, in order for the present Pope, Calixtus II, to remove the excommunication.[2][3]

Marriage and children
Otto married Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld,[4] a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe, on 13 July 1116.

They had:

Hermann
Otto, VI Count Palatine, Duke of Bavaria[4]
Conrad of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz and then Archbishop of Salzburg[4]
Frederick II of Wittelsbach (died 1198 or 1199)[4] 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,[4] daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. Father of:
Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria,[4] 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[4]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
References
Jeffery 2018, p. ii.
Pius Wittmann: Die Pfalzgrafen von Bayern, Ackermann, 1877, S. 37 ff.
Geschichte Kloster Inderasdorf. https://www.900-jahre-kloster-indersdorf.de/jubilaeum-900-jahre/geschichte-des-klosters/
Lyon 2013, p. 248.
Sources
Jeffery, Renée (2018). Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: The Philosopher Princess. Lexington Books.
Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brother and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250. Cornell University Press.
Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
House of Wittelsbach
Born: 1083 Died: 4 August 1156
German royalty
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Engelbert I
Count Palatine of Bavaria
1116–1156Succeeded by
Otto VI
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