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Otto von Geldern I
- Preferred Name: Otto von Geldern I[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Gender: M
- Death: 22 OCT 1207 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands at LATI: N2.1314 LONG: E0.2313 with note: DO NOT CHANGE
- Birth: 30 APR 1150 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland at LATI: N2.1314 LONG: E0.2313 with note:
- Burial: MAY 1207 in Kamp, North Holland, Netherlands at LATI: N2.583 LONG: E0.917 with note: DO NOT CHANGE
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Graaf van GelreBET 1182 AND 1207
- FSID: LDMJ-KCB
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
SOURCES???
Otto I of Guelders (1150-1207) was a Count of Guelders and Zutphen from 1182 until his death in 1207. He was a son of Duke Hendrik of Guelders and Agnes of Arnstein. He married Richardis of Bavaria in 1184. Richardis was a daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.
Life
Otto I of Guelders joined his Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa on the Third Crusade (1189-1192) during which he aided the Crusader army in the taking of Iconium. After the death of Frederick I Barbarossa, some of the crusaders in the army left for home but Otto joined one of the groups that went on towards Syria and Palestine. After arriving in the Holy Land, Otto joined the army of Guy of Lusignan, the King of Jerusalem, who was besieging the city of Acre. Further hardships decimated the army of the late Frederick, and by the spring of 1191 most of them had left for home. Otto was the only survivor from the Low Countries, and returned home in 1190.
He is mentioned as the first Count of the combined area of Guelders and Zutphen in 1190. One of his sons was Otto, Bishop of Utrecht from 1212 until 1213.
Family
Otto I of Guelders was a son of Duke Hendrik of Guelders and Agnes of Arnstein.
Otto I von Geldern married in 1186 Richardis of Bavaria (1171- 1231), daughter of Duke
Otto I of Bavaria and Agnes of Loon.
Children:
1 Henry (1183-1198), betrothed in 1197 to Aleidis, a daughter of Count Dirk VII of Holland.
However, he died in 1198 before the wedding could take place.
2 Adelaide (1184-1218), married William I, Count of Holland
3 Gerard III (1185-1229
4 Ludwig von Geldern (1187–1217)
5 Margaret (1190–1264), married Count Lothar III of Hochstade
6 Mechtild (1193–1247), married Count Henry II of Nassau
7 Irmgard (1194–1230), married Count Adolph of Altena and Mark
8 Otto (1193-1215), Bishop of Utrecht
SOURCE 2:
He married Richardis of Bavaria in 1184. Richardis was a daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of Loon. Otto and his wife Richardis had 5 children:
1.) Henry of Guelders (?-1198). Was betrothed to Aleidis of Holland in 1197, the daughter of Dirk VII, Count of Holland.
2.) Henry died in 1198, before the wedding could take place.
3.) Gerard III, Count of Guelders (1185-1229).
4.) Adelaide of Guelders (?-1218), married William I, Count of Holland.
5.) Otto (1193-1213), was Bishop of Utrecht
6.) Irmgard of Guelders, married Adolf, Count of Altena and Mark, son of Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena and his wife Alveradis.
7.) Margaret of Guelders, married Lothar III, Count of Hochstadt
8.) Mechtild of Guelders, married Henry II, Count of Nassau.
=== GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winc ===
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=== Otto I was Count of Guelders and Zutphen ===
Otto I was Count of Guelders and Zutphen. Weis. 100-27.
=== M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 26,2 ===
M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 26,27
=== !Ancestral Roots, Line 100-27. !FTM Vol ===
!Ancestral Roots, Line 100-27. !FTM Vol 11, tree #4329.
=== THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.5, 20, 21, 22, 24; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.26, 27; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 460; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== ! Europaasche Stammtafeln neue folge Vol ===
! Europaasche Stammtafeln neue folge Vol 6 tafel 25;
=== !See chart 317 Royal ancestors of some A ===
!See chart 317 Royal ancestors of some American families. This line has many differences. The Royal ancestors charts are used as the source.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry von Geldern I, b. 27 MAY 1117 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands d. 4 SEP 1182 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
Mother: Agnes von Arnstein, b. 1128 in Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany d. BEF 1179 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Family 1: Ricardis von Scheyern-Wittelsbach, b. 1173 in Kelheim, Bayern d. 7 SEP 1231 in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
- m. ABT 1184 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Gerard von Geldern III, b. 1185 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland d. 22 OCT 1229 in Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
- Adelheid von Geldern, b. wohl spätestens um 1174
- Mechteld van Gelre, b. 1193 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland d. 28 OCT 1247 in Nassau, Unterlahnkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
Sources:
- Title: Otto I *bj* Graf Vongelre
Publication: Name: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-251013811-2-673/otto-i-bj-graf-vongelre-in-myheritage-family-trees?fspid=G4V8-28W;
- Title: Wiki
Publication: Name: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I._(Geldern);
- Title: Otto I von Geldern, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-PDWL : 15 December 2021), Otto I von Geldern, ; Burial, Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Kloster Kamp; citing record ID 140284734, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-PDWL;
- Title: wikipedia
- Title: Deutsche Biographie
Publication: Name: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz74131.html;
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