Otto the Mild

Otto the Mild and his wife Agnes of Brandenburg.

For other people with the same name, see Otto of Brunswick.

Otto (24 June 1292 – 30 August 1344), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Mild, ruled over the Brunswick part of the duchy.

Otto was the eldest son of Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Otto and his brothers succeeded on their father's death in 1318; he served as his brothers' guardian while they were not of age. In 1323, he acquired the Altmark from Brandenburg as an inheritance of his wife's; but he sold it in 1343, when he failed to establish control there.

Otto died in 1344 in Göttingen and was succeeded by his brothers.

Family

Firstly, Otto married Jutta (died 1317), daughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse. Secondly, he married Agnes (1297–1334), daughter of Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, in 1319. From the first marriage, he had one daughter: Agnes (died 1371).

References

• Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon, Appelhans 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7

Ancestry

Family of Otto the Mild

16. William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg 8. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 17. Helena of Denmark 4. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 18. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg 9. Matilda of Brandenburg 19. Matilda of Lusatia 2. Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 20. William VI, Marquess of Montferrat 10. Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat 21. Berta di Clavesana 5. Adelheid of Montferrat 22. Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy 11. Margaret of Savoy 23. Marguerite of Burgundy 1. Otto the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 24. Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg 12. Nicholas I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle 25. Kristina of Sweden 6. Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 26. Henry I, Count of Anhalt 13. Jutta of Anhalt 27. Irmgard of Thuringia 3. Rixa of Mecklenburg-Werle 28. Magnus Minnesköld 14. Birger Jarl 29. Ingrid Ylva 7. Rikissa Birgersdotter 30. Eric X of Sweden 15. Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden 31. Richeza of Denmark