Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
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, Otto V became the regent for Ottokar's son and heir Wenceslaus II, who was only seven years old when his father died.
Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
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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, Otto V became the regent for Ottokar's son and heir Wenceslaus II, who was only seven years old when his father died.
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Bohemian chroniclers describe Otto's persistent rigour and that Wenceslaus was forced to give up his claims on Upper Lusatia before he could start reigning himself. When Wenceslaus had taken over, he and Otto V were still on good terms, and Wenceslaus took measures against the strong influence of the group around his mother. Otto V also persistently defended his claims on Pomerania against Polish counter-claims.
He married with Judith of Henneberg-Coburg, a daughter of Count Herman I of Henneberg. They had the following children: Matilda (c. 1270 – before 1 June 1298), the second wife of Henry IV Probus, Duke of Wrocław and High Duke of Poland Herman (c. 1275 – 1 February 1308), his successor Otto (died 1307) Kunigunde (died 1317), never married Beatrix (d. c. 1316), married Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Świdnica in 1284 Judith (also known as Jutta; died: 9 May 1328), married Rudolph I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg in 1303 Albert (before 1283 – c. 1296)
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1246
Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel born at Prague.
1298
Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel died.
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- 1.Jacob Caro: Geschichte Polens, Zweiter Teil: 1300 – 1386. Gotha 1863, S. 27 (online).
- 2.Friedrich Zurbonsen: Quellenbuch zur brandenburgisch-preußischen Geschichte. Berlin 1889, S. 10–11 (online).
- 3.Joseph Eutych Kopp: Geschichte der Eidgenössischen Bünde. Mit Urkunden. Band 3, Teil 1: König Adolf und seine Zeit. J. 1292 – 1298. Berlin 1861, S. 93 (online).
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