Otto II,

Count of Zutphen The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland (Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province during the medieval period). The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually became a ...

was a Dutch nobleman from the early 12th century. Otto was the son of Gottschalk, Count of Zutphen and Adelheid of Zutphen, daughter of Liudolf of Lotharingia, Liudolf himself was grandson of Emperor

Otto II Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. Otto II was ...

and

Theophanu Theophanu Skleraina (; also ''Theophania'', ''Theophana'', ''Theophane'' or ''Theophano''; Medieval Greek ; AD 955 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority ...

. In 1107 he received the Frisian domains of Westergo, Oostergo and Suthergo of

Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125) 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-ruler by his father, Henry IV, i ...

in exchange for landed possessions around

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. Otto's maternal grandfather may be Otto of Hammerstein, who may have been the first count of Zutphen. Alternatively Adelheid may be a daughter of Ludolf of Zutphen and Mathilda of Hammerstein (daughter of Otto of Hammerstein). Otto, known as "the rich", married Judith of Arnstein. They had four children: * Henry II, Count of Zutphen, Westergo, Oostergo and Suthergo (died before 1134) married Mathilde of Beichlingen, daughter of Kuno, Count of Beichlingen and Kunigunde of Weimar.Lindeborn (1670), p. 535. * Dirk (Diederik) of Zutphen ( died before 1134). Bishop of Munster. * Gerard (died before 1134). *

Ermengarde of Zutphen Ermengarde of Zutphen (died 1138) was countess of Zutphen (1122–1138), succeeding her elder brother Henry II, Count of Zutphen (her other two brothers had taken holy orders and died respectively). Their parents were Otto II, Count of Zutphe ...

married 1)

Gerard II, Count of Guelders Gerard II was Count of Guelders from March 1129 until his death on October 24, 1131. He was the son of Gerard I, Count of Guelders. Around 1116, Gerard married Ermgard of Zutphen, daughter of Otto II, Count of Zutphen and Judith of Arnstein.Lindeb ...

and 2) Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg, son of

William I, Count of Luxembourg William I, Count of Luxembourg (1081–1131) was Count of Luxembourg from 1096 until his death in 1131, succeeding his elder brother Henry III of Luxembourg. They were both sons of Conrad I and Clementia of Aquitaine. William was the first of h ...

and Luitgard von Beichlingen. Ermengarde was Countess of Zutphen from 1122 to 1138.

References

Literature

* Pieter Lodewijk Muller: Otto II., Graf von Zütphen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, S. 741. {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto Ii, Count Of Zutphen Counts of Zutphen Year of birth missing Year of death missing 12th-century nobility from the Holy Roman Empire 12th-century counts in Europe