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OF THE BETUWE Otto
Birth: ABT 950
Death: 1016
Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto,_Count_of_Looz
Otto (died 1016), Count of Looz, son of either Nibelung, Count of Betuwe, or Rudolf,
Count of Betuwe. His existence was long unknown and the list of the counts of Looz
traditionally begins with Gislebert.
The Gesta Abbatum Trudonensium tells of the installation of Baldrick II as Prince-
Bishop of Liege, and that he was the brother of Gislebert, Count of Looz, and, further,
the son of Otto, Count of Looz, and Liutgard of Namur. The only problem with this
genealogical reconstruction is that it assumes that Baldrick was still a teenager when
he was installed as bishop, not an impossibility but requiring a papal dispensation. It
is, nevertheless, not unreasonable to add a generation and identify Otto as a son of
Rodolf.
Otto is specifically called the Count of Looz in Gesta Abbatem Trudonensis in 1008
and the monks may have assigned a title that, in reality, was created by Gislebert. It is
probably the land that the family owned in Hesbaye that became the County of Looz.
Otto married Liutgard, the daughter of Albert I, Count of Namur, and Ermengarde of
Lower Lorraine (daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine), and had three children:
Gislebert, Count of Looz
Baldrick II (d. 1018), Prince-Bishop of Liège (1108-1018)
Arnulf (d. before 1040), Count of Hesbaye.
If Rodolf was indeed married to the daughter of Emmo, Count of Hesbaye, it is
possible that Arnulf could have been a successor count.
Otto was succeeded as Count of Looz by his son Giselbert.
Parents
OF THE BETUWE Rudolph (ABT 930 - 956)
----- Marie (ABT 930 - )
Siblings
OF THE BETUWE Otto (ABT 950 - 1016)
Marriage To ----- Liutgard (ABT 982 - )
m.
Notes
Parents
____ Adalbert (Albert) I (ABT 955 - 1011)
OF LORRAINE Ermentrude (Adelaide) (ABT 970 - AFT 1012)
Children by ----- Liutgard ABT 982 -
____ Giselbert I (ABT 1005 - ABT 1045)
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