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Duke Otto I of Bavaria (1117, Kehlheim – 11 July1183, Pfullendorf, (German: Otto I Wittelsbach , Herzog von Bayern), since 1180 Duke of Bavaria. He was a son of Count Otto IV of Wittelsbach and a brother of Conrad III., Archbishop of Salzburg and Archbishop of Mainz. As one of the best knights in the suite of Frederick I who had prevented a defeat of the Emperor near Verona in 1155 Otto was finally rewarded with the duchy of Bavaria in 1180 after the fall of Henry the Lion. But with the separation of Styria in the same year Bavaria lost the last of her southeastern territories. Otto's family ruled Bavaria until the revolution in 1918. Events May 3 - Merton Priory (Thomas Becket school) consecrated. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Events Three-year old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan after the forced abdication of his brother Antoku during the Genpei War William of Tyre excommunicated by the newly appointed Heraclius of Jerusalem, firmly ending their struggle for power Andronicus I Comnenus becomes the Byzantine emperor Births... Pfullendorf is a small historic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Events April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter November 18 - France Emperor Antoku succeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Artois is annexed by France Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. ... The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, consisting of roughly of the present_day state of Salzburg in Austria. ... Between 780/82 AD and 1802 AD the Archbishop of Mainz, was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince of the middle ages. ... Frederick in a 13th century Chronicle Friedrich I. von Hohenstaufen (1122 – June 10, 1190), also known as Friedrich Barbarossa (Frederick Redbeard) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18, 1155. ... Map of Italy showing Verona in the north Verona (population est. ... Events Frederick I Barbarossa crowned Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter November 18 - France Emperor Antoku succeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Artois is annexed by France Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between... Coronation of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England (1188) Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129 - August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since... Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) can refer to: Styria - a federal state of Austria Styria - an informal province in Slovenia Styria - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria-Hungary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria and King of Greece (Salzburg, June 1, 1815 - Bamberg, July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the United Kingdom, France and Russia.
Through his ancestor the Bavarian Duke John II Wittelsbach, Otto was a descendant of the Greek Imperial dynasties of Comnenus and Lascaris.
Initially Otto refused to grant a constitution, but as soon as German troops were withdrawn from the kingdom a military coup was launched.
The settlement was founded as Munichen in 1158 by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, and half a century later was granted city status and fortified.
Initially, bishop Otto von Freising(Freising) and Henry quarreled about the city before the emperor at a Reichstag at Augsburg; in 1180, with the trial of Henry the Lion, Otto of Wittelsbach became Duke of Bavaria, whose Wittelsbach dynasty would rule Bavaria until 1918.
In 1255, the dukedom of Bavaria was cut in two, and Munich became the residence of Upper Bavaria.
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