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Otto, Count of Ballenstedt

1070 - 1123

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Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, called Otto the Rich (c. 1070 – 9 February 1123), was the first Ascanian prince to call himself count of Anhalt, and was also briefly named duke of Saxony. He was the father of Albert the Bear, who later conquered Brandenburg from the Slavs and called himself its first margrave. Otto was the eldest son of Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt and Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde, daughter of Otto I, Margrave of Meissen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt has received more than 70,464 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Otto, Count of Ballenstedt is the 650th most popular nobleman (down from 558th in 2019).

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt ranks 650 out of 1,415. Before him are Thomas Culpeper, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, Taddea Visconti, Aénor de Châtellerault, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, and Odo I, Count of Blois. After him are Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Count Ingolf of Rosenborg, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1070, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt ranks 11. Before him are William of Champeaux, Abraham bar Hiyya, Theophilus Presbyter, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Gilbert de la Porrée, and Zbigniew of Poland. After him are Prince Álmos, Thoros I, Prince of Armenia, Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, and Henry III, Count of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1123, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Taizu of Jin. After him are Eystein I of Norway, Felicia of Roucy, Louis the Springer, and Eustace Grenier.

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