Otto VII of Tecklenburg (died 1450) was Count of

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from 1426 until his death.

Life

Otto VII was the only son of Count

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of Tecklenburg and his wife Anna Elisabeth, a daughter of Count Frederick III of

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. In 1426, he succeeded his father as Count of Tecklenburg. Like his father, he fought many

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s, in an attempt to win back some of the territories his father had lost. The attempt failed, and pushed his county deeper into debt. This accelerated the decline of the county. He died in 1450, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nicholas III.

Marriage and issue

Around 1428, he married Ermengarda of Hoya-Nienburg, the daughter of Count Eric I of Hoya. They had two children: * Nicholas III (d. 1508) * Adelaide (d. 1477), married in 1453 with

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(d. 1500) After Ermengarde's death, Otto VII married Aleidis, the daughter of Gottschak VIII of Plesse and had three more children: * Otto VIII (d. 1493) * Maria (d. 1493),

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of St. Boniface abbey in Freckenhorst * Anna (d. 1508), abbess of Gerresheim Abbey {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto 07, Count of Tecklenburg Counts of Tecklenburg Lords of Rheda Year of birth unknown 1450 deaths 15th-century German nobility