Otto II Count Guelders 1215-1271

In January 1206 [his father] Gerard III Count Guelders [aged 21] and [his mother] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 41] and [his grandmother] Maud Metz [aged 36]. He the son of Otto I Count Guelders [aged 56] and Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders [aged 33].

Around 1215 Otto II Count Guelders was born to Gerard III Count Guelders [aged 30] and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders [aged 23]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England.

On 22nd October 1229 [his father] Gerard III Count Guelders [aged 44] died. His son Otto [aged 14] succeeded II Count Guelders.

In 1231 [his mother] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders [aged 39] died.

On 12th March 1237 William Jülich IV Count Jülich [aged 27] and Margaret Guelders Countess Jülich were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. He would, thirteen years later, marry her sister Richardis Guelders Countess Jülich [aged 22]; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Gerard III Count Guelders and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. He the son of William Jülich III Count Jülich and Matilda Luxembourg Countess Jülich. They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1240 Otto II Count Guelders [aged 25] and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of Dietrich Cleves V Count Cleves and Mathilda Dinslaken Countess Cleves. He the son of Gerard III Count Guelders and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England.

Before 1250 Raoul Coucy II Lord Coucy and [his future wife] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She the daughter of Simon Dammartin and Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu [aged 50]. They were third cousins.

Before January 1250 William Jülich IV Count Jülich [aged 40] and Richardis Guelders Countess Jülich [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. He had previously married her sister Margaret Guelders Countess Jülich; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Gerard III Count Guelders and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. He the son of William Jülich III Count Jülich and Matilda Luxembourg Countess Jülich. They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1253 Otto II Count Guelders [aged 38] and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Guelders. She the daughter of Simon Dammartin and Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Gerard III Count Guelders and Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Stephen I England.

In 1255 [his son] Reginald I Count Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders [aged 40] and [his wife] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. He married (1) 1276 his fourth cousin Ermengarde Luxembourg I Duchess Limburg, daughter of Waleran Luxembourg IV Duke Limburg and Judith Kleve Duchess Limburg (2) 1286 his half third cousin once removed Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders, daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxembourg Countess Flanders, and had issue.

On 1st January 1271 Otto II Count Guelders [aged 56] died. His son Reginald [aged 16] succeeded I Count Guelders.

In 1280 [his former wife] Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu died.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

[his daughter] Maria Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

[his daughter] Margaret Guelders Countess Cleves was born to Otto II Count Guelders and Margaretha Cleves Countess of Gulders. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England. She married (1) her fourth cousin twice removed Enguerrand Coucy 4th Lord Coucy (2) her half first cousin Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves, son of Dietrich Cleves VI Count Cleves and Alida d Henry I Sponheim Countess Cleves, and had issue.

[his daughter] Phillipa Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

Raoul Lusignan II Count of Eu and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of Simon Dammartin and Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu.

[his daughter] Margaret Guelders was born to Otto II Count Guelders and Philippe Dammartin Countess Eu. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.