See also
| Husband: | Otto II (1206-1253) | |
| Wife: | Agnes of PALATINATE (1201-1267) | |
| Children: | Louis II (1229-1294) | |
| Elizabeth (c. 1231- ) | ||
| Name: | Otto II | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Louis I (1173-1231) | |
| Mother: | Ludmilla of BOHEMIA (1170-1240) | |
| Birth | 7 Apr 1206 | Kelheim, Niederbayern, Bavaria |
| Occupation | Duke of Bavaria | |
| Death | 29 Nov 1253 (age 47) | Landshut |
| Burial | Scheyern Abbey | |
| Name: | Agnes of PALATINATE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Henry V (1173-1227) | |
| Mother: | Agnes (1177-1204) | |
| Birth | 1201 | |
| Death | 1267 (age 65-66) | |
| Name: | Louis II | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Marie of BRABANT (1226-1256) | |
| Spouse 2: | Anna of GLOGAU (1250-1271) | |
| Spouse 3: | Matilda of HABSBURG (1253-1304) | |
| Birth | 13 Apr 1229 | |
| Occupation | Duke of Upper Bavaria | |
| Death | 2 Feb 1294 (age 64) | |
| Name: | Elizabeth | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1231 (est) | |
Otto II of Bavaria (German: Otto II der Erlauchte , Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253) was the Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate). He was a son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
BiographyOtto was born at Kelheim.
At the age of sixteen, he was married to Agnes of Palatinate, a granddaughter of Duke Henry the Lion and Conrad of Hohenstaufen. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach inherited Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. Since that time also the lion has become a heraldic symbol in the coat of arms for Bavaria and the Palatinate.
Otto acquired the rich regions of Bogen in 1240, and Andechs and Ortenburg in 1248 as possessions for the Wittelsbach and extended his power base in Bavaria this way. With the county of Bogen the Wittelsbach acquired also the white and blue coloured lozenge flag, since that time it has been the flag of Bavaria (and of the Palatinate).
After a dispute with emperor Frederick II was ended, he joined the Hohenstaufen party in 1241. His daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Frederick's son Conrad IV. Because of this, Otto was excommunicated by the pope.
He died in Landshut in 1253. Like his forefathers, Otto was buried in the crypt of Scheyern Abbey.
Family and childrenOtto married Agnes, daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (a son of Henry the Lion) and Agnes von Staufen, in Worms in 1222. Their children were:
1.Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (13 April 1229, Heidelberg–2 February 1294, Heidelberg).
2.Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (19 November 1235, Landshut–3 February 1290, Burghausen).
3.Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (c. 1227, Landshut–9 October 1273), married to:
1.1246 in Vohburg to Conrad IV of Germany;
2.1259 in Munich to Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol, Duke of Carinthia.
4.Sophie (1236, Landshut–9 August 1289, Castle Hirschberg), married 1258 to Count Gerhard IV of Sulzbach and Hirschberg.
5.Agnes (c. 1240–c. 1306).
Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267) was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his first wife Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine [1]. Agnes was Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.
Agnes' paternal grandparents were Henry the Lion and his second wife Matilda of England. Matilda was a daughter of Henry II of England and his celebrated queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Henry II was son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and his wife Matilda of the English.
Agnes was the youngest of three children born to her father by both of his marriages. Her father's second wife, also called Agnes, was the daughter of Conrad II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia. Agnes' older sister was Irmgard, wife of Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden and her brother was Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
[edit] MarriageAgnes married Otto II at Worms when he came of age in 1222. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach family inherited Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. Since that time also the lion has become a heraldic symbol in the coat-of-arms for Bavaria and the Palatinate.
In 1231 upon the death of Otto's father, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto and Agnes became Duke and Duchess of Bavaria.
After a dispute with Emperor Frederick II was ended, Otto joined the Hohenstaufen party in 1241. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Frederick's son Conrad IV. Because of this, Otto was excommunicated by the pope.
Wthin thirty-one years of marriage, the couple had five children:
1.Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (13 April 1229, Heidelberg–2 February 1294, Heidelberg).
2.Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (19 November 1235, Landshut–3 February 1290, Burghausen).
3.Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (c. 1227, Landshut–9 October 1273), married to:
1.1246 in Vohburg to Conrad IV of Germany;
2.1259 in Munich to Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol, Duke of Carinthia.
4.Sophie (1236, Landshut–9 August 1289, Castle Hirschberg), married 1258 to Count Gerhard IV of Sulzbach and Hirschberg.
5.Agnes (c. 1240–c. 1306), a nun.
Otto died 29 November 1253. Agnes died fourteen years later in 1267. She is buried at Scheyern [2].