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Otto I (c. 1128 – July 8, 1184) was the second Margrave of Brandenburg, from 1170 until his death. Life [ edit ] Otto I was born into the House of Ascania as the eldest son of Albert I ("Albert the Bear"), who founded the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, and his wife Sophie of Winzenburg . [1]
- Albert The Bear
Albert the Bear (German: Albrecht der Bär; c. 1100 – 18...
- Otto III The Pious
Otto III, nicknamed the pious (1215 – 9 October 1267 in...
- Otto Ii, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto II (after 1147 – July 4, 1205), called The Generous...
- Otto IV
House of Ascania. Spouse (s) Heilwig of Holstein-Kiel. Jutta...
- Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margrave of Brandenburg also held the ceremonial title...
- Albert The Bear
Otto III, nicknamed the pious (1215 – 9 October 1267 in Brandenburg an der Havel) was Margrave of Brandenburg jointly with his elder brother John I until John died in 1266. Otto III then ruled alone, until his death, the following year. The reign of these two Ascanian margraves was characterized by an expansion of the margraviate, which ...
Mother. Beatrice of Bohemia. Margrave Otto V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel ( c. 1246 – 1298), nicknamed Otto the Tall, was a son of Margrave Otto III and co-ruler of Brandenburg with his cousin, Margrave Otto IV . Otto V spent many years in Prague, at the court of his maternal uncle King Ottokar II of Bohemia. When Ottokar died in battle in 1278 ...
It was created in 1157 as the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Albert the Bear, Margrave of the Northern March. In 1356, by the terms of the Golden Bull of Charles IV , the Margrave of Brandenburg was given the permanent right to participate in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor with the title of Elector ( German : Kurfürst ).
Otto II (after 1147 – July 4, 1205), called The Generous (German: der Freigiebige), was the third Margrave of Brandenburg from 1184 until his death. Life [ edit ] Otto II was born into the House of Ascania as the eldest son of Otto I and Judith , a daughter of the Piast Duke of Poland Bolesław III Wrymouth . [1]
House of Ascania. Spouse (s) Heilwig of Holstein-Kiel. Jutta of Henneberg. Father. John I, Margrave of Brandenburg. Mother. Sophie of Denmark. Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, nicknamed Otto with the arrow ( c. 1238 – 27 November 1308 or 1309) was the Margrave of Brandenburg from the House of Ascania from 1266 until his death.
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The Margrave of Brandenburg also held the ceremonial title of Arch-Chamberlain of the Empire (Latin: Archi-Camerarius Imperii). When Louis the Roman died in 1365, Otto took over the rule of Brandenburg, although he quickly neglected the march. He sold Lower Lusatia, which he had already pledged to the Wettin dynasty, to Emperor Charles IV in 1367.
