Otto IV (January 3, 1307 ? December 14, 1334 in Munich) was a Duke of Lower Bavaria .

Family [ edit ]

He was a son of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria and Jutta of Schweidnitz .

His maternal grandparents were Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and ?widnica and Beatrix of Brandenburg.

Bolko was a son of Bolesław II the Bald and his first wife Hedwig of Anhalt . Beatrix was a daughter of Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel and Jutta of Hennenberg.

Reign [ edit ]

He succeeded as Duke of Lower Bavaria from 1310 until 1334 as co-regent of his brother Henry XIV and his cousin Henry XV . In 1322 he was in war with his co-regents, in 1331 Lower Bavaria was finally partitioned among them. Otto then governed Burghausen , Traunstein and several other Bavarian cities. Otto, who hated his brother made his cousin Emperor Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor his contracted heir.

Marriage [ edit ]

Otto IV married Richardis of Julich . She was a daughter of Gerhard V of Julich and Elisabeth of Brabant-Aarschot. They had one known child:

• Albert of Wittelsbach. Born in 1332. Predeceased his father.

External links [ edit ]

• Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Otto I, Count of Scheyern, including Henry XIII and his children" . Genealogy.EU.