Person:Otto III, Count of Rietberg (1)

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Otto III _____, Count of Rietberg
b.Bet 1475 and 1485
d.18 Dec 1535
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  1. Otto III _____, Count of RietbergBet 1475 & 1485 - 1535
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  • H.  Otto III _____, Count of RietbergBet 1475 & 1485 - 1535
  • W.  Onna Esens
  1. John II _____, Count of RietbergAft 1523 - 1562
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Name Otto III _____, Count of Rietberg
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bet 1475 and 1485
Marriage to Onna Esens
Death[1] 18 Dec 1535
Burial? Marienfeld Abbey, Harsewinkel, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
Reference Number? Q2039342?


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Count Otto III Rietberg (between 1475 and 1485 – 18 December 1535) was Count of Rietberg from 1516 to 1535.

Otto III was probably born between 1475 and 1485 as the eldest son of John I and his wife Margaret of Lippe.

Otto's second wife, Onna of Esens, introduced the Reformation in the County of Rietberg. In 1533, Otto III appointed two preachers from Lippe, to teach the new faith in the parishes of Rietberg and Neuenkirchen.

Otto III suffered from ulcers on his leg. He died on 18 December 1535 and was buried in the Marienfeld Abbey. He was the last Count of Rietberg to be buried there. On his gravestone in the cloister before the winter refectory a Latin text could be read:

In the year of our Lord 1535, on 18 December, died
Noble Lord Otto, Count and Lord of Rietberg.
May his soul rest in peace.

Beside it was the grave stone of his first wife:

In the year of our Lord 1523, the day before St. Anthony, died
Anna of Sayn, Countess in Rietberg.
May her soul may in peace.
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Otto III, Count of Rietberg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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