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Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
Count of Weimar

Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde

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Count of Weimar
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Gender
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Family
Mother:
Beatrix of Andechs-Merania
Father:
Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
Children:
Otto IV Count of Weimar-Orlamünde Herman IV Count of Weimar-Orlamünde Agnes von Weimar-Orlamünde
Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
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Biography

Otto III. Weimar-Orlamünde, someimtes called Otto IV (1244 – June 1285) was a German nobleman. He was a member of the House of Ascania and a titular Count of Weimar-Orlamünde. He was the ruling Count of Weimar and Lord of Rudolstadt and Plassenburg.

Life

He was the son of Count Herman II and his wife, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania. In 1248, Otto III and his elder brother Herman III inherited the Franconian possessions of their maternal uncle Otto II. They divided their possessions, with Otto receiving Weimar, Rudolstadt and Plassenburg and Herman receiving Orlamünde.

On 29 December 1279, Otto III founded Himmelskron Abbey. He died in June 1285, and was buried in the collegiate church of the abbey.

Marriage and issue

Otto III was married to Agnes of Truhendingen (d. 13 May 1285). Together, they had the following children:

  • Otto "the Younger" (d. before September 1318)
  • Otto V (d. 1315)
  • Herman (d. 1319)
  • Agnes

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