Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206)
Otto II, called the Illustrious, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1228. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
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