Everything about Ottokar Iii Of Styria totally explained
Ottokar III (
1124 –
December 31,
1164), was
Margrave of
Styria from
1129 until 1164. He was the son of
Leopold the Strong and father of
Ottokar IV, the last of the dynasty of the
Otakars. His wife was Kunigunde of Chamb-Vohburg.
From the
Marburg line of the
Counts of Sponheim, he inherited parts of
Lower Styria between the
Drave and
Save rivers in what is today
Slovenia. From his uncle, the last
Count of Formbach, he inherited the
County of Pitten in
1158, which is today in
Lower Austria, but remained part of Styria until the
16th century. To improve the connection to that territory, he improved the road across the
Semmering, and he also erected a hospital in
Spital am Semmering in
1160 and completed the colonization of the area around the
Traisen and
Gölsen rivers.
Ottokar exercised
seigniorage over
natural resources of his realm, extended territorial rule and minted his own coins. He also founded the
Augustinian monastery of
Vorau and supported the
Carthusian monastery of
Seitz.
From the
Second Crusade, he brought
Byzantine craftsmen to Styria.
He is buried in
Rein Abbey in Styria.
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