Everything about Otto Ii Margrave Of Brandenburg totally explained
Otto II (b. after
1147; d.
July 4,
1205), called
The Generous (
German:
der Freigebige), was the third
Margrave of Brandenburg from 1184 until his death.
Life
Otto II was born into the
House of Ascania as the eldest son of
Otto I and Judith, a daughter of the
Piast Duke of Poland.
After succeeding his father, he improved the defense and settlement of Brandenburg and waged campaigns against the
Slavs and
Canute VI of Denmark. In the winter of 1198–99 he devastated Danish-occupied
Pomerania and consolidated his territorial gains in the subsequent year with a campaign that pressed to
Rügen and threatened
Hamburg. In 1200 and 1203, he supported the
Hohenstaufen king
Philip of Swabia against the
Welfen Holy Roman Emperor,
Otto IV.
After his death, his brother
Albert II inherited the margraviate.
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