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Personal data Otto von Ballenstedt 

• He was born in the year 1070.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Otto van Ballenstedt, bijgenaamd de Rijke, (1070 - 9 februari 1123) was de oudste zoon van Adalbert II van Ballenstedt en van Adelheid van Weimar-Orlamünde. Hij volgde zijn vader op als graaf van Ballenstedt. In de Duitse troonstrijd ging hij over naar het kamp van Hendrik IV. Hij hoopte zijn schoonvader in Saksen te kunnen opvolgen, maar toen dit mislukte, steunde hij Lotharius van Supplinberg en verwierf diverse gebieden in het oosten, zoals Zerbst en Salzwedel.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, called Otto the Rich (c.?1070 – 9 February 1123), was the first Ascanian prince to call himself count of Anhalt, and was also briefly named duke of Saxony.[1] He was the father of Albert the Bear, who later conquered Brandenburg from the Slavs and called himself its first margrave. Otto was the eldest son of Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt and Adelheid, daughter of Otto I, Margrave of Meissen. After the death of his father-in-law, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, in 1106, Otto inherited a significant part of Magnus' properties, and hoped to succeed him as duke. However, Lothar of Supplinburg was named duke in his stead. In 1112, after Lothar had been banned, Otto was appointed duke of Saxony by Emperor Henry V; but in the same year, he came into a dispute with the emperor and was stripped of his ducal title. He now allied himself with Lothar, and helped Lothar defeat Hoyer I, Count of Mansfeld, who had been named duke of Saxony by the Emperor, in 1115.
  
  Otto conquered the areas around Zerbst and Salzwedel from Slavs, and maintained Lothar's support once Lothar became king in 1125. He also claimed the County of Weimar-Orlamünde, of which his mother was the heir.

• He died on February 9, 1123, he was 53 years old.
• A child of Adalbert II von Ballenstedt and Adelheid van Weimar-Orlamünde
• This information was last updated on November 13, 2012.

Household of Otto von Ballenstedt

He is married to Eilika van Saksen.

They got married before 1095.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Adelheid von Ballenstedt  -1139
2. Albrecht I "de Beer" van Brandenburg  1100-1170 

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