Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley

Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley
Born	probably: Dachau
Died	after 5 November 1130 probably: Valley
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Adelaide of Weilheim
Father	Arnold I, Count of Scheyern
Mother	Beatrix of Reipersberg

Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley (also known as Otto of Dachau-Valley; died after 5 November 1130) was a German nobleman. He was a son of Count Arnold I of Scheyern and Beatrix of Reipersberg. ^[1] Otto I was the founder of the Scheyern-Dachau-Valley line.

Life

He acquired the town of Grub via his wife. In 1122, he founded the town of Bernried am Starnberger See and became its vogt. In 1124, he acquired Dachau and the County of Valley (Valley, Bavaria). The branch of the House of Wittelsbach which descended from him, was named after these possessions.

Marriage and issue

Otto married Adelaide of Weilheim. Together, they had five children:

• Gebhard (d. 1141)
• Conrad I (d. 1175)
• Adelaide, married Count Engelbert II of Gorizia
• Otto II (d. c. 1170/1172)
• Matilda

References

1. Scherbaum 2011, p. 85.

Sources

• Scherbaum, Walburga, ed. (2011). Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Mainz. Das Bistum Augsburg 3. Vol. 3. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-025182-1.
• Slides including a family tree of the Counts of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley from a presentation by prof. Schmid Bayern im Spätmittelalter, WS 1996/97

External links

• Entry at genealogie-mittelalter