Otto van Holland (died 27 March 1249) was a bishop of
Utrecht
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from 1233 to 1249.
Otto was the second son of
William I, Count of Holland
William I (c. 1167 – 4 February 1222) was count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon.
Early life
William was born in The Hague, but raised in Scotland. He participated in the Third Crusa ...
and his first wife
Adelaide of Guelders. He was elected as bishop in 1233, but because of resistance from the
canons of Utrecht, his consecration was delayed until 1245. He emerged as a forceful ruler who involved himself primarily in secular affairs. After the death of his brother
Floris IV, Count of Holland
Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin o ...
in 1234, he became guardian of Floris' son
William II, Count of Holland
William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland
The counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.
House of Holland
The first count of Holland, Dirk I, ...
, and he governed the
County of Holland
The County of Holland was a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part ...
. He resolved the problems in
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...
, problems which had cost his predecessor
Otto II of Lippe
Otto of Lippe was a son of Bernhard II, Lord of Lippe. He was bishop of Utrecht as Otto II from 1216 to 1227. Several of his brothers also held high ecclesiastical offices in the Rhineland.
During the Fifth Crusade, Otto visited Palestine.
In ...
his life. He also subjected the lords of
Goor
Goor () is a city about 20 km west of Enschede in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1263.
Goor was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became a part of Hof van T ...
to his authority.
1249 deaths
Prince-Bishops of Utrecht
13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
Year of birth unknown
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