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Otto was given the titles Duke of Lolland and Estonia and was expected to expand the Danish conquest of Estonia acquired during Livonian Crusade.
Otto was given the titles Duke of Lolland and Estonia and was expected to expand the Danish conquest of Estonia acquired during Livonian Crusade. The Danish nobles for some reason decided not to elect a successor.
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Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia (1310-) was a Danish nobleman who was Duke of Lolland and Estonia during the 14th century.
Otto Christoffersen was the second son of King Christopher II of Denmark and was the younger brother of Eric Christoffersen of Denmark. He was given the title "Duke of Lolland and Estonia" and was expected to expand Denmark's Baltic possessions following the Livonian Crusade. His father and brother were deposed in 1326 and reinstated three years la...
Otto was given the titles Duke of Lolland and Estonia and was expected to expand the Danish conquest of Estonia acquired during Livonian Crusade. Otto is the hero of Bernhard Severin Ingemann's novel, Prins Otto af Danmark og Hans Samtid (Prince Otto of Denmark and his Time, 1835). Property. Value.
Otto was given the titles Duke of Lolland and Estonia and was expected to expand the Danish conquest of Estonia acquired during Livonian Crusade. His father and brother were deposed in 1326 and restored three years later on the condition his father signed a charter that gave him little to no power while the Danish nobles and the counts of ...
Canute, Duke of Estonia: 1207 1249–1260 1260 Estridsen Created Duke of Lolland, Son of Valdemar II of Denmark: Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia: 1310 1321–1334 after 1346 Estridsen Second son of Christopher II of Denmark, Created Duke of Lolland John III, Count of Holstein-Plön: 1297 1334–1340 1369 House of Schauenburg: As lord of Lolland
In 1334, Count Gerhard III of Holstein defeated and imprisoned Otto (+ after 1346), Duke of Lolland and Estonia, who was the 2nd son of King Christofer II.
