Fw: King's Kinsfolk: Philip, King of the Romans' kinsman, Otto,

Otto------Count of Poitou?

Douglas Richardson...

In your eagerness to find fault with others, you've made an error of
your own. Otto was, of course, Count of Poitou, not Count of Ponthieu.
He was the nephew of King Richard and King John of England.

As you have told us repeatedly, a careful scholar would not make such
mistakes. Perhaps you have judged yourself too harshly, Peter.

He lived from 1177 to 1218. Dr. A.W.E. Dek describes him as Otto of
Brunswick, son of Heinrich the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria and Matilda
of England. In 1198 he became King of the Romans (Emperor elect)
acknowledged in 1208, crowned emperor in 1209 defeated in 1214 and replaced
by Friedrich II in 1215.

ES Volume II Tafel 76 covers the French Comtes de Poitou. We are concerned
with the period of 1177 to 1218,
Guillaume VIII/X became Count of Poitou in 1126, he died in 1137, his
daughter
Eleanor de Poitou, Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England,
is recorded as having succeeded in 1137 as Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess
of Poitou, she died in 1204.

Where does Otto fit in?

Leo van de Pas,
Canberra, Australia