Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg

Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg (c. 1276 – 1328) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Ravensberg from 1306 until his death.

Otto IV
Count of Ravensberg
Born	c. 1276
Died	1328
Noble family	House of Calvelage-Ravensberg
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Berg-Windeck
Father	Otto III of Ravensberg
Mother	Hedwig of Lippe

Otto was the fifth child of Count Otto III and his wife Hedwig of Lippe (c. 1238 – 5 March 1315), daughter of Bernard III, Lord of Lippe.

Marriage and descendants

In 1313, Otto IV married Margaret of Berg-Windeck. Together, they had two daughters:

• Hedwig (d. after 1387) married Duke William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Margaret (c. 1320 – 19 February 1389) married Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg

References

• Von Karl dem Großen bis auf ihre Vereinigung mit der Preußischen Monarchie, 768-1815, Regenten- und Volksgeschichte der Länder Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg, und Ravensberg, vol. 2, C.J. Becker, 1838, pp. 308–319