greve af Ascania Otto "Den RIGE"

Abt 1073 - 1123  (50 years)

• Name	greve af Ascania Otto "Den RIGE"
  Born	Abt 1073	Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1075	Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany
  Death	09 Feb 1123	Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany
  Title (Facts Pg)	Count of Ballenstedt
  Name	"the Rich"
  Name	greve av Ballenstedt Otto den rike
  Name	Otto den rike ANHALT
  Died	09 Feb 1123	Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany
  Person ID	I1168	Conrad Jenssen Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Adalbert II greve af ANHALT-BALLENSTEDT,   b. Abt 1043, Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany ,   d. Aft 1077  (Age > 35 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Adelheid grevinde af ANHALT-BALLENSTEDT,   b. Abt 1047, Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany ,   d. 28 Mar 1100  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eilika af SACHSEN,   b. Abt 1080, Kriechen, Sachsen ,   d. 16 Jan 1142, Ballensted, Anhalt, Tyskland, Germany  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Bef 1095
  Children	1. Albrecht I "The Bear" hertug af SACHSEN,   b. Abt 1100, Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen ,   d. 18 Nov 1170  (Age 70 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascanian The Ascanian House is a dynasty of German rulers. One of its oldest known members was Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, who died in 1123. It is named after the City of Aschersleben. By Otto's marriage to Eilika, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, the Ascanians became heirs to half of the property of the great House of Billung. Otto's son, Albert the Bear, was the first Ascanian Margrave of Brandenburg; he inherited the territory from its last Wendish ruler, Pribislav, in 1150. Albert, and his descendants of the Ascanian House, then made considerable progress in Christianizing and Germanizing the lands. As a borderland between German and Slavic cultures, the country was known as the March of Brandenburg at this time. In 1320 the Brandenburg Ascanian line came to an end. [edit] States ruled by the Ascanian House * County, Principality, and Duchy of Anhalt: c. 1100-1918 * Duchy of Saxony: 1112, 1139-1142, 1180-1422 * County of Weimar-Orlamünde: 1112-1486 * Margravate of Brandenburg: 1150-1320 * Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg: 1269-1689 * Principality of Lüneburg: 1369-1388 * Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg: 1252-1863 * Russian Empire: 1762-1796 Otto (died 9 February 1123), called Otto the Rich, was count of Ballenstedt, and was briefly named duke of Saxony. He was the father of Albert the Bear, the first margrave of Brandenburg. Otto was the eldest son of Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt and Adelheid, daughter of Otto I, Margrave of Meissen. After the death of his father-in-law, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, in 1106, Otto inherited a significant part of Magnus' properties, and hoped to succeed him as duke. However, Lothar of Supplinburg was named duke in his stead. In 1112, after Lothar had been banned, Otto was appointed duke of Saxony by Emperor Henry V; but in the same year, he came into a dispute with the emperor and was stripped of his ducal title. He now allied himself with Lothar, and helped Lothar defeat Hoyer I, Count of Mansfeld, who had been named duke of Saxony by the Emperor, in 1115. Otto conquered the areas around Zerbst and Salzwedel from Slavs, and maintained Lothar's support once Lothar became king in 1125. He also claimed the County of Weimar-Orlamünde, of which his mother was the heir. [edit] Family Otto married Eilica, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, before 1095. They had the following children: * Albert (1100-1170) * Adelheid (died 1139), married Henry IV, Count of Stade, and in 1139, Werner, Count of Osterburg