Otto II, Count of Scheyern | |
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| Died | 31 October 1120 |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | Richardis of Carniola |
| Father | Otto I, Count of Scheyern |
| Mother | Either Haziga of Diessen or a daughter of Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern |
Otto II of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto III) (died 31 October 1120) was a son of Otto I, Count of Scheyern. His mother can not be unambiguously assigned because Otto I was married with a daughter of Count Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern and later with Haziga of Diessen (the widow of Count Herman of Kastl) and we don't know when Otto was born.
He was Vogt of Freising and from 1116 also Vogt of Weihenstephan.
Otto II may have been married to Richardis, the daughter of Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola. They had four children:
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