Otto IV, Count of Scheyern

Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach (c. 1083 – 4 August 1156), also called Otto IV, Count of Scheyern, was the second son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern. Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. He served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, in his first Italian Expedition in 1110–1111. Emperor Henry V already addressed him as Otto Count of "Witlinesbac" in a document in 1115. From 1120 onwards, he was Count palatine of Bavaria.

Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach
Born	c. 1083
Died	4 August 1156
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
Father	Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern

Marriage and children

Otto married Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe, on 13 July 1116.

Their marriage produced eight children:

• Hermann
• Otto, VI Count Palatine, I Duke of Bavaria
• Conrad of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz and then Archbishop of Salzburg
• Frederick II of Wittelsbach (died 1198/99) married 1184 a daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth
• Udalrich of Wittelsbach (died 29 March 1179)
• Otto VII, Count Palatine (died 1189) married Benedicta of Donauwörth, daughter of the Count of Mangold (Donau)wörth. Father of:
  • Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria, who killed Philip of Swabia
• Hedwig (died 16 July 1174) married (before 1153) Berthold III, Count of Andechs (c. 1123 – 14 December 1188)
• Adelheid married Otto II of Stefling

Ancestry

Ancestors of Otto IV, Count of Scheyern

16. Henry of Schweinfurt 8. Henry I of Schweinfurt 17. Gerberga of Gleiberg 4. Otto I of Scheyern 2. Eckhard I of Scheyern 1. Otto IV of Scheyern 24. William II of Weimar 12. Poppo I of Carniola 6. Ulric I of Carniola 26. Werigand of Friulia 13. Hadamut of Istria 27. Willibirg of Ebersberg 3. Richgard of Carniola 28. Vazul 14. Béla I of Hungary 7. Sophia of Hungary 30. Mieszko II Lambert 15. Richeza of Poland 31. Richeza of Lotharingia