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  2. Otto II (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), called the Illustrious ( German: der Erlauchte ), was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.

  3. Mar 29, 2024 · Otto II (died Jan. 11, 1083) was the duke of Bavaria and also a leading noble in Saxony, the most implacable opponent of the German king Henry IV. In 1061, Agnes of Poitou, regent for her young son Henry IV, invested Otto with the duchy of Bavaria.

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  4. Feb 13, 2024 · About Otto II, duke of Bavaria. Otto von Northeim (c1020 - 11 January 1083), Count of Northeim, Count in Rittegau, Vogt of Cowey, and Duke of Bavaria (1061-1070). He was made Duke of Bavaria by the Empress Agnes, but removed in 1070 for rebelling against the Emperor Henry IV. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Northeim.

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  5. Mar 29, 2024 · Otto II was the German king from 961 and Holy Roman emperor from 967, sole ruler from 973, son of Otto I and his second wife, Adelaide. Otto, a cultivated man, continued his father’s policies of promoting a strong monarchy in Germany and of extending the influence of his house in Italy.

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  6. Otto of Nordheim (c. 1020 – 11 January 1083) was Duke of Bavaria from 1061 until 1070. He was one of the leaders of the Saxon revolt of 1073–1075 and the Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 against King Henry IV of Germany .

  7. The first step toward extending their authority outside Bavaria was made in 1214, when Otto II, through marriage, obtained the Palatinate of the Rhine. A descendant, Louis, became duke of Bavaria in 1294 and Holy Roman emperor, as Louis IV, in 1328.

  8. Henry II the Quarrelsome: Duke of Bavaria: 955: 976: Ottonian: Henry II made war upon his cousin, Emperor Otto II, and was deprived of his duchy in 976 in favor of his cousin Otto, Duke of Swabia (who now acquired two dukedoms). Otto I: Duke of Bavaria: 976: 982: Ottonian: Henry III the Younger: Duke of Bavaria: 983: 985: Luitpolding

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