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Otto II "the Red" Graf von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor

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Sounds like a really, really bad smash-merge, crushing together at least three different Ottos.

Otto II of the Liudolfingers is the most ancient, dating (955 – 7 December 983). He's the one who was Holy Roman EMperor and nicknamed "the Red" (presumably because he was a redhead).

Otto von Habsburg (1057-1112) is later and belongs to a different family (the Habsburgs were Austrian, not strictly speaking German).

Otto the purported son of George II of England must be later still, somewhere between 1700-1750 approximately. He is plausible but un/under-documented, as George II, like most of the Hanoverian royal males, was a Tireless Tomcat.

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Otto Von Habsburg

* 1057
* 08 november 1111
* Burg Butenheim, Petit-Landau, Hoch-Rhein, Frankreich (Frankrike) (Murdered)
* Burial site: Muri Abbey, Aargau, Switzerland (Schweiz)

Otto II, Count of Habsburg

Otto II (died 8 November 1111) was a Graf (Count) of Habsburg and one of the founding members of the Habsburg family. He was the son of Werner I, Count of Habsburg.

In 1108, Otto accompanied King Henry V on a campaign against Hungary. On his return, in 1111, he was murdered. Otto is presumed to be the first person to adopt the title Graf von Habsburg.

He married Hilla, countess von Pfirt.

Children

Rudolf (I.), died without heirs.
Werner II
Adelaide
Otto III von Habsburg, Bishop of Konstanz, 1165–1174.

Links:

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc514513183
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II,_Count_of_Habsburg
http://dl.ub.uni-freiburg.de/diglit/hs497-1/0134/image?sid=d3ea2ba3...
https://www.alleburgen.de/bd.php?id=76
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg#Counts_of_Habsburg_2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Castle#History
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit-Landau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muri_Abbey

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