Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
Bornc. 1396
Died1452
SpouseSchonetta of Nassau-Weilburg
HouseHouse of Guelph
FatherFrederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
MotherAdelaide of Anhalt-Zerbst

Duke Otto II (or Otho) of Brunswick-Osterode (c. 1396–c.1452)[1] was a son of Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Osterode and his wife, Adelaide of Anhalt-Zerbst, or possibly Elizabeth, heiress of Homburg.[1] He succeeded his father as duke of Brunswick-Osterode in 1421 and ruled jointly with his first cousin once removed Albert II.

Otto was married to Schonetta (or Schonela) (d. 1436),[1] a daughter of Count John I of Nassau-Weilburg. This marriage was childless.[1]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
8. Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
4. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
9. Agnes of Meissen
2. Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
10. Henry II of Everstein=Polle
5. Adelaide of Everstein-Polle
11. Adelaide of Lippe
1. Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
12. Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
6. John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
13. Beatrix of Saxe-Wittenberg
3. Adelaide of Anhalt-Zerbst
14. John I of Henneberg-Schleusingen
7. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen
15. Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg

References

  1. ^ a b c d Halliday, Andrew (1821). A general history of the house of Guelph. Thomas and George Underwood. p. 532.
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