Otto I, Count of Scheyern

Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern;^{[citation needed]} c. 1020 – before 4 December 1072) was the earliest known ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose relation with the House can be properly verified.

Otto I, Count of Scheyern
Born	c. 1020
Died	before 4 December 1072 probably: Scheyern
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouses	A daughter of Meginhardt of Reichersbeuern Haziga of Diessen
Issue	Eckhard I Bernard I Otto II Arnold I
Father	Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz
Mother	unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf

Life

Most historians believe Otto was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of Kuno I, Count of Altdorf.^[1] He was appointed Vogt of Freising in Bavaria.^[2] A document from 1073 calls him Comes de Skyrun, i.e. Count of Scheyern. Otto I died on December 4, 1072, while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.^[2]

Marriage and children

Otto was married twice.^[2] His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not been preserved.^[2] About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count Friedrich of Diessen.^[2]

Otto had 4 known children. By his first wife he had:

• Eckhard I.^[2]
• Bernard I, Count of Scheyern (d. 2 March abt. 1102).^[2]

By his second wife, Haziga, he had 2 children:

• Otto II (died 1 April, c. 1110).^[2]
• Arnold I, Count of Scheyern and Count of Dachau (died c. 1123).^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Otto I, Count of Scheyern
8. Berthold of Schweinfurt 4. Henry of Schweinfurt 18. Lothar II of Walbeck 9. Eilika of Walbeck 19. Mathilde of Arneburg 2. Henry I of Schweinfurt 20. Odo of Wetterau 10. Herbert of Wetterau 21. Cunigunda of Vermandois 5. Gerberga of Gleiberg 22. Megingoz of Guelders 11. Irmtrud of Avalgau 23. Gerberga of Lorraine 1. Otto I of Scheyern