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Birth:          ABT 1030 
Death:          4 Dec 1072 on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

Notes
chief advocate of the bishopric of Freising
a crusader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Count_of_Scheyern
Otto I, Count of Scheyern (some authors call him Otto II of Scheyern; c.?1020 – before 
4 December 1072) was the most ancient ancestor of the House of Wittelsbach whose 
relation with the House can be properly verified.
Life[edit]

He was a younger son of Heinrich I, Count in the Pegnitz and an unnamed daughter of 
Kuno I, Count of Altdorf.[1] He was appointed Vogt of Freising in Bavaria.[2] A 
document from 1073 calls his Comes de Skyrun, i.e. Count of Scheyern. Otto I died on 
December 4, 1072 while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[2]

Marriage and children[edit]

Otto was married twice.[2] His first wife was from Saxony but her given name has not 
been preserved.[2] About 1057, he married Haziga of Diessen, daughter of Count 
Friedrich of Diessen.[2]

Otto had 4 known children. By his first wife he had:
Eckhard I.[2]
Bernard I, Count of Scheyern (d. 2 March abt. 1102).[2]

By his second wife, Haziga, he had 2 children:
Otto II (d. 1 Apr., abt. 1110).[2]
Arnold I, Count of Scheyern and Count of Dachau (d. c. 1123).[2]

Parents
VON SCHWEINFURT Henry (ABT 1005 - AFT 1043)
VON ALTDORF ----- (ABT 1008 - )

Siblings
VON FRANTENHAUSEN Kuno I (ABT 1025 - )
VON SCHEYERN Otto I (ABT 1030 - 4 Dec 1072)

Marriage To VON DIESSEN Haziga (Hadagunda) (ABT 1030 - 1 Aug 1104)
    m. 1057 his 2d

Notes

Parents
VON DIESSEN Frederick (Friedrich) II (1005 - 23 Jan 1075)
____ Hadamut (ABT 1010 - ABT 1060)

Children by VON DIESSEN Haziga (Hadagunda) ABT 1030 - 1 Aug 1104
VON SCHEYERN Eckhard I (ABT 1065 - BEF 11 May 1091)

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