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Berthold, Duke of Merania. Mother. Agnes of Rochlitz. Otto I (c. 1180 – 7 May 1234), a member of the House of Andechs, was Duke of Merania from 1204 until his death. He was also Count of Burgundy (as Otto II) from 1208 to 1231, by his marriage to Countess Beatrice II, and Margrave of Istria and Carniola from 1228 until his death.
On Berthold's death in 1204 Merania went to his eldest son, Otto I, and Istria to a younger son, Henry. In the 1240s, the duke of Merania, Otto II, who had numerous possessions throughout southern Germany, was involved in a dispute with the duke of Bavaria that turned into open warfare.
When Otto I, Duke of Merania was born in 1180, in Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Berthold IV. von Andechs Herzog von Meranien, was 27 and his mother, Agnes of Rochlitz, was 23. He married Beatrice II de Bourgogne on 21 June 1208, in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters.
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- Beatrice II de Bourgogne, Sophie Von Anhalt
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Otto I (c. 1180 – 7 May 1234), a member of the House of Andechs, was Duke of Merania from 1204 until his death. He was also Count of Burgundy (as Otto II) from 1208 to 1231, by his marriage to Countess Beatrice II, and Margrave of Istria and Carniola from 1228 until his death. Otto I. Duke of Merania. Otto I of Andechs, Hedwig Codex, 1353.
Apr 27, 2022 · Otto I was Duke of Andechs and Merania and was born, in 1180, to Berthold IV von Dießen, Duke of Andechs and Merania, and Agnes of Lower-Lusatia. He was also Otto II, Count Palatine of Burgundy by his marriage to Beatrice II of Burgundy.
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Berthold IV, Duke of Merania (d. 12 August 1204), married to Agnes of Wettin, daughter of Margrave Dedi III of Lusatia. Otto I, Duke of Merania (d. 7 May 1234), Count Palatine of Burgundy, Margrave of Istria, married to Beatrice of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Count Otto I of Burgundy, secondly to Sophia of Ascania, daughter of Count Henry I of Anhalt
When Otto von Andechs-Meranien III was born in 1220, in Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Otto I, Duke of Merania, was 40 and his mother, Beatrice II de Bourgogne, was 27. He died on 19 June 1248, in Burg, Hebertsfelden, Rottal-Inn, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 28, and was buried in Klosterlangheim, Lichtenfels, Lichtenfels ...
