Editing Otto, Count of Savoy

{{Short description|11th-century Count of Savoy}}
{{Infobox nobility
| name = Otto
| succession = [[Count of Savoy]]
| reign = 1051 or 1056 – {{c.}} 1057 or 1060
| predecessor = [[Amadeus I, Count of Savoy|Amadeus I]]
| successor = [[Peter I, Count of Savoy|Peter I]]
| spouse = [[Adelaide of Susa]]
| noble family = [[House of Savoy]]
| father = [[Humbert I, Count of Savoy]]
| mother = Ancilla of Lenzburg
| issue = {{plainlist|
*[[Peter I, Count of Savoy]]
*[[Amadeus II, Count of Savoy]]
*[[Bertha of Savoy|Bertha, Holy Roman Empress]]
*[[Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Swabia|Adelaide, Duchess of Swabia]]
}}
| issue-link = #Family
| issue-pipe = more...
| birth_date = {{c.}} 1023
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{c.}} 1057/1060
| death_place = 
}}

'''Otto''' ({{langx|fr|Odon, Oddon, Othon}}; {{langx|it|Oddone}}; {{c.}} 1023 – 1057/1060){{sfn|Hellmann|1900|p=17}} was [[count of Savoy]] from around 1051 until his death. Through marriage to [[Adelaide of Susa|Adelaide]], the heiress of [[Ulric Manfred II of Turin|Ulric Manfred II]], he also administered the [[march of Susa]] from around 1046 until his death.

==Family==
He was a younger son of [[Humbert the White-Handed]] and his wife, Ancilla of Lenzburg.{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=43}} Through Humbert's service to the [[Holy Roman Emperor|German emperors]], the family was granted the [[counties]] of [[County of Maurienne|Maurienne]], [[Duchy of Aosta|Aosta]] and [[Sapaudia]] ([[County of Savoy|Savoy]]), all at the expense of local bishops or archbishops. Otto inherited the family's realms after the death of his brother [[Amadeus I, Count of Savoy|Amadeus]] {{c.}} 1051.{{sfn|Hellmann|1900|p=13}}

In 1046, he married Adelaide, heiress of the [[march of Susa]] and [[county of Turin]].{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=221}} They had:

* [[Peter I, Count of Savoy|Peter]] (d. 1078){{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=66}}
* [[Amadeus II, Count of Savoy|Amadeus]] (d. 1080){{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=66}}
* Otto{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=66}}{{efn|Otto is sometimes said to be Bishop Otto III of Asti ({{r.}} {{c.}} 1080 – c. 1088), but this identification is uncertain.{{sfn|Vergano|1951|p=?}}}}
* [[Bertha of Savoy|Bertha]] (d. 1087), wife of [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV of Germany]]{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=66}}
* [[Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Swabia|Adelaide]] (d. 1080), married [[Rudolf of Rheinfelden|Rudolf of Swabia]]{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1912|p=66}}

==Rule==
Through his marriage to Adelaide, Otto obtained extensive possessions in northern Italy. Thereafter, the [[House of Savoy]] concentrated its expansion efforts towards Italy instead of north of the Alps as it had done before. Savoy's lands occupied much of modern [[Savoy]] and [[Piedmont]], although several other small states could be found between them. In the 1050s, Otto allowed coins to be minted at Aiguebelle. The archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienne|Vienne]], Léger, who had sole right of minting in the region, complained to [[Pope Leo IX]], so Otto forbade further coining at Aiguebelle.{{sfn|Hellmann|1900|p=15}}{{sfn|Demotz|2000|p=24}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |first=B. |last=Demotz |title=Le Comté de Savoie du XIe au XVe siècle: Pouvoir, Château et État au Moyen Âge |publisher=Editions Slatkine |year=2000 |language=fr}}
*{{cite book |title=Die Grafen von Savoyen und das Reich bis zum Ende der staufischen Periode |first=Siegmund |last=Hellmann |publisher=Wagner |year=1900 |language=de}}
*{{cite book |title=The Early History of the House of Savoy: 1000-1233 |author-link=Charles Previté-Orton |url=https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofho00prevuoft |first=C. W. |last=Previte-Orton |publisher=Cambridge at the University Press |year=1912}}
*{{cite book |first=Lodovico |last=Vergano |title=Storia di Asti |volume=I. |publisher=Comune di Asti, Assessorato per la cultura |year=1951 |language=it}}

==External links==
*[http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/savoyen_grafen_von/oddo_graf_von_savoyen_1059/oddo_graf_von_savoyen_+_1059.html Oddo, Graf von Savoyen (1051–1059)] (in German)
*[http://www.savoie-archives.fr/archives73/dossiers_sabaudia/maisondesavoie/03-othon.php Othon de Savoie] (in French)
*G. Sergi, 'Oddone di Moriana-Savoia,' in “[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/oddone-di-moriana-savoia_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]” – Volume 79 (2013)

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| before = [[Amadeus I, Count of Savoy|Amadeus I]]
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| title = [[Count of Savoy]]
| years = 1051 or 1056 – {{c.}} 1057
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| rows = 2
| after = [[Peter I, Count of Savoy|Peter I]]
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| before = [[Henry, Marquis of Montferrat|Henry]]
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{{s-ttl
| title = [[Margrave of Turin]]
| years = c. 1046 – c. 1057/60
| with = [[Adelaide of Susa|Adelaide]]
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