Otto IV of Brunswick Holy Roman Emperor [8548] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Earl of York, Count of Ponthieu. The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,p895.
Duke of Bavaria

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Holy Roman Empire, 12 Jul 1198. was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on.

• Coronation: Holy Roman Emperor, 21 Oct 1209, Rome. 21 October 1209, Rome
Reign 1209\endash 1215

• excommunicated, 1215. he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1215.

• Coronation: King of the Romans, 12 Jul 1198, Aachen. King of the Romans Reign 1198\endash 1209

• Acceded: King of Italy, 1208. King of Italy Reign 1208\endash 1212

• Acceded: King of Burgundy, 1208. King of Burgundy Reign 1208\endash 1215

Otto married Beatrice of Swabia Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Empress and German Queen [46298] [MRIN: 13608], daughter of Philip of Swabia Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor [8550] and Irene of Byzantium Angelina [8553], on 22 Jul 1212 in Nordhausen. (Beatrice of Swabia Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Empress and German Queen [46298] was born in 1198 and died on 11 Aug 1212.)

  Marriage Notes:

They were married in Nordhausen on 22 July 1212. The bride was fourteen years old and the groom about thirty-seven. However Beatrice soon fell sick and died only nineteen days after the marriage. She was childless at the time of her death.

Otto next married Mary of Brabant [8556] [MRIN: 3544], daughter of Henry I The Courageous Duke of Brabant [8557] and Matilda of Boulogne Duchess of Brabant [8558], after 19 May 1214 in Maastricht. (Mary of Brabant [8556] was born about 1191 and died after 9 Mar 1260.)