Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

Otto II
Duke of Bavaria
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Reign1231 – 1253
PredecessorLouis I
SuccessorLouis II (Upper Bavaria & Rhine)
Henry XIII (Lower Bavaria)
Born(1206-04-07)7 April 1206
Kelheim
Died29 November 1253(1253-11-29) (aged 47)
Landshut
Burial
SpouseAgnes of the Palatinate
IssueLouis II, Duke of Bavaria
Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
HouseWittelsbach
FatherLouis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
MotherLudmilla of Bohemia

Otto II (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), called the Illustrious (German: der Erlauchte), 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.

The poet Reinbot von Dürne was active at his court.