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Birth:          ABT 1150 Zutphen, Gelderland, Holland
Death:          1207 Gelderland, Holland

Notes
Crusader on Third Crusade, fought at Bovines in the Imperial Army
went on a Crusade to Damietta in 1218-1219
d betw 30 Apr and 24 Sept 1207
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Count_of_Guelders
Otto I of Guelders (1150–1207) was a Count of Guelders and Zutphen from 1182 until 
his death in 1207. He was a son of Duke Hendrik of Guelders and Agnes of Arnstein. 
He married Richardis of Bavaria in 1184. Richardis was a daughter of Otto I 
Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.

Life[edit]

Otto I of Guelders joined his Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa on the Third Crusade 
(1189–1192) during which he aided the Crusader army in the taking of Iconium. After 
the death of Frederick I Barbarossa, some of the crusaders in the army left for home 
but Otto joined one of the groups that went on towards Syria and Palestine. After 
arriving in the Holy Land, Otto joined the army of Guy of Lusignan, the King of 
Jerusalem, who was besieging the city of Acre. Further hardships decimated the army 
of the late Frederick, and by the spring of 1191 most of them had left for home. Otto 
was the only survivor from the Low Countries, and returned home in 1190.[1]

He is mentioned as the first Count of the combined area of Guelders and Zutphen in 
1190. One of his sons was Otto, Bishop of Utrecht from 1212 until 1213.

Family[edit]

Otto I of Guelders was a son of Duke Hendrik of Guelders and Agnes of Arnstein.

He married Richardis of Bavaria in 1184. Richardis was a daughter of Otto I 
Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of Loon. Otto and his wife Richardis had 5 
children:[2]
Henry of Guelders (?–1198). Was betrothed to Aleidis of Holland in 1197, the daughter 
of Dirk VII, Count of Holland. Henry died in 1198, before the wedding could take 
place.
Gerard III, Count of Guelders (1185–1229).
Adelaide of Guelders (?–1218), married William I, Count of Holland.[3]
Otto (1193–1213), was Bishop of Utrecht
Irmgard of Guelders, married Adolf, Count of Altena and Mark, son of Frederick I, 
Count of Berg-Altena and his wife Alveradis.
Margaret of Guelders, married Lothar III, Count of Hochstadt
Mechtild of Guelders, married Henry II, Count of Nassau.

Parents
____ Henry (Hendrik) I (1117 - 4 Dec 1182)
VON ARNSTEIN Agnes (ABT 1118 - 1179)

Siblings
____ Agnes (ABT 1150 - )
____ Otto I (ABT 1150 - 1207)

Marriage To VON WITTLESBACH Richardis (ABT 1163 - 7 Sep 1231)
    m. 1184 

Notes

Parents
____ Otto I (V) (ABT 1117 - 1 Jul 1183)
VON LOOS [OF LOON] Agnes (ABT 1146 - 26 Mar 1191)

Children by VON WITTLESBACH Richardis ABT 1163 - 7 Sep 1231
VON GUELDERS Adelaide (Aleid) (Adelheid) (ABT 1186 - 12 Feb 1218)

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