Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley (also known as ''Otto of Dachau-Valley''; died after 5 November 1130) was a German nobleman. He was a son of Count

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of Scheyern and his wife, Beatrix of Reipersberg. Otto I was the founder of the Scheyern-Dachau-Valley line.

Life

He acquired the town of Grub via his wife. In 1122, he founded the town of

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and became its

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. In 1124, he acquired Dachau and the

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). The branch of the

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which descended from him, was named after these possessions.

Marriage and issue

Otto married Adelaide of Weilheim. Together, they had five children: * Gebhard (d. 1141) * Conrad I (d. 1175) * Adelaide, married Count

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of Gorizia * Otto II (d. ) * Matilda

References

Slides
including a family tree of the Counts of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley from a presentation by prof. Schmid ''Bayern im Spätmittelalter'', WS 1996/97

External links

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