Otto V, Count of Wittelsbach ( – 4 August 1156), also called Otto IV, Count of Scheyern, was the second son of Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern and Richardis of Carniola and Istria. Otto named himself ''Otto of Wittelsbach'', after Wittelsbach Castle near

Aichach Aichach (; Central Bavarian: ''Oacha'') is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inh ...

. He served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, in his first Italian Expedition in 1110–1111.

Emperor Henry V Henry V (german: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125, in Utrecht) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ru ...

already addressed him as Otto Count of "Witlinesbac" in a document in 1115. From 1120 onwards, he was

Count palatine A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an or ...

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. From 1110 to 1111 Otto V was in the First Italian Campaign in the entourage of German King Henry V. During this campaign, King Henry and Count Otto had kidnapped

Pope Paschal II Pope Paschal II ( la, Paschalis II; 1050 1055 – 21 January 1118), born Ranierius, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was cre ...

in order for the Pope to crown Henry Emperor of the

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. When the ancestral seat of the von Scheyern family was relocated to Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach, Otto began calling himself 'Otto V. of Wittelsbach' in 1116. He was thus the namesake for the ruling house of the Wittelsbachers, who ruled Bavaria until 1918. Since Otto had participated in the capture of Pope Paschal in 1111, he was

excommunicated Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other. The purpose ...

from church, along with Emperor Henry. In order to atone for his sins for kidnapping the earlier Pope, (who was now deceased) Otto founded the Augustinian monastery and church in Indersdorf in 1120, in order for the present Pope,

Calixtus II Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...

, to remove the excommunication.Geschichte Kloster Inderasdorf. https://www.900-jahre-kloster-indersdorf.de/jubilaeum-900-jahre/geschichte-des-klosters/

Marriage and children

Otto married

Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld (also known as ''Eilika''; – 14 September 1170; buried in Ensdorf Abbey) was by marriage Countess Palatine of Bavaria. She was one of the two daughters of the edelfrei Lord Frederick III of Pettendorf-Len ...

, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld-Hopfenohe, on 13 July 1116. Their marriage produced eight children: * Hermann *

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

, VI Count Palatine, I Duke of Bavaria *

Conrad of Wittelsbach Conrad of Wittelsbach (c. 1120/1125 – 25 October 1200) was the Archbishop of Mainz (as Conrad I) and Archchancellor of Germany from 20 June 1161 to 1165 and again from 1183 to his death. He was also a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Roman ...

, Archbishop of Mainz and then

Archbishop of Salzburg The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese ...

* Frederick II of Wittelsbach (died 1198 or 1199) 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 ( – 14 December 1188) * Adelheid married Otto II of Stefling

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto 05, Count of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire House of Wittelsbach 1080s births 1156 deaths