Otto I, Margrave of Meissen
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Otto I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1062 until his death, the second margrave of the family of the counts of Weimar
and Orlamünde
. He was a younger son of Weimar III of Weimar and Oda, daughter of Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
. He inherited Orlamünde from his father in 1039 and Weimar from his brother William in 1062. He was appointed by the Emperor Henry IV to succeed William in Meissen as well. He became Advocate
of the Cathedral of Merseburg
in 1066.
He married Adela, daughter of Lambert II of Louvain, before 1060. She gave him only daughters:
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
and Orlamünde
Orlamünde
Orlamünde is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Saale and Orla, 17 km south of Jena. It was the centre of a county, often united to Weimar, in the Early Middle Ages....
. He was a younger son of Weimar III of Weimar and Oda, daughter of Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
Thietmar was the Count of the Schwabengau and Nordthüringgau from 1010 and the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark from 1015 until his death. He was the son and successor of Margrave Gero II. His mother was Adelaide....
. He inherited Orlamünde from his father in 1039 and Weimar from his brother William in 1062. He was appointed by the Emperor Henry IV to succeed William in Meissen as well. He became Advocate
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
of the Cathedral of Merseburg
Merseburg
Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg....
in 1066.
He married Adela, daughter of Lambert II of Louvain, before 1060. She gave him only daughters:
- Oda, the eldest, married Egbert II of Meissen
- Cunigunda, who married Yaropluk, son of Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav I of KievIziaslav Yaroslavich , Kniaz' , Veliki Kniaz of Kiev , King of Rus'...
, then Kuno of Nordheim, and finally Wiprecht von Grotiszch - Adelaide, the youngest, married successively Adalbert II, Count of BallenstedtAdalbert II, Count of BallenstedtAdalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt from the House of Ascania, the 23rd Great-Grandfather of Elizabeth II, was Graf in Saxony and Vogt of Nienburg Abbey.-Biography:...
, and the counts palatine HermanHermann II, Count PalatineHermann II , Count Palatine of Lotharingia from 1064 when reaching majority, until 1085. He was count in the Ruhrgau and the Zulpichgau, as well as count of Brabant...
and HenryHenry of LaachHenry of Laach was the first count palatine of the Rhine . Henry was the son of Herman I, count of Gleiberg. Henry was a follower of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor...
. When he died, she remarried to Dedi I of LusatiaDedi I, Margrave of the Saxon OstmarkDedi was the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark from 1046 and a claimant for the title of Margrave of Meissen from 1069...
, Otto's stepfather.