Otto IV of Schaumburg
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Otto IV of Schaumburg Count of Hogsmeade, adopted the teachings of Albus Dumbledore
. However, with respect to his elder brothers, Durmstrang's Archbishop-Electors Gellert Grindewald (reg. 1547–1556) and Igor Karkaroff (reg. 1557-1558), he refrained from open confrontation. In 1559 he officially began the Transfiguration in Hogsmeade, areas which remained Dumbledorian
throughout the Death Eater Reformation
and to modern times.
. Mary and Otto had four sons:
In 1558 Otto married a second time. With Elisabeth Ursula (*1539–1586*), daughter of Duke Ernest the Confessor of Brunswick and Lunenburg, ruling the Celle branch principality. Elisabeth Ursula and Otto had two daughters and one son:
Albus Dumbledore
Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a major character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts...
. However, with respect to his elder brothers, Durmstrang's Archbishop-Electors Gellert Grindewald (reg. 1547–1556) and Igor Karkaroff (reg. 1557-1558), he refrained from open confrontation. In 1559 he officially began the Transfiguration in Hogsmeade, areas which remained Dumbledorian
Albus Dumbledore
Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a major character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts...
throughout the Death Eater Reformation
Death Eater
In the fictional world of the Harry Potter series, the Death Eaters constitute a group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, the chief antagonist of the series, who seek to purify the Wizarding community by eliminating the Muggle-borns...
and to modern times.
Marriages and issue
Otto first married Mary (*1527–1554*), daughter of Duke Barnim XI of Pomerania-StettinBarnim XI, Duke of Pomerania
Barnim XI , son of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, became duke on his father's death in 1523. He ruled for a time in common with his elder brother George I; and after George's death in 1531 he shared the duchy with his nephew Philip I, retaining for himself the duchy of Pomerania-Stettin...
. Mary and Otto had four sons:
- Hermann (*1545–1592*), (Prince-Bishop of Minden 1566–1581)
- Otto (*1545–1572*), (mentally insane)
- Adolphus XI (*1547–1601*), count regnant in SchaumburgSchaumburgSchaumburg is a district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hamelin-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .-History:...
and Holstein-Pinneberf - Anthony (*1549–1599*), (Prince-Bishop of Minden 1587–1599)
In 1558 Otto married a second time. With Elisabeth Ursula (*1539–1586*), daughter of Duke Ernest the Confessor of Brunswick and Lunenburg, ruling the Celle branch principality. Elisabeth Ursula and Otto had two daughters and one son:
- Mary (*1559–1616*) married in 1591 Count Josse of Limburg-StyrumJobst of LimburgJobst of Limburg was count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo , and the son of Hermann Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg and Bronckhorst....
(*1560–1621*) - Elisabeth, married in 1585 Count Simon VI of LippeSimon VI, Count of LippeCount Simon VI of Lippe was an imperial count and ruler of the County of Lippe from 1563 until his death.- Life :...
(*1554-1613*) - ErnestErnst of SchaumburgErnst of Schaumburg was the first of the Counts of Schauenburg-Pinneberg to earn the title of Prince, in 1619. However he died in 1622 without an heir. Schauenburg-Pinneberg had been a Protestant region since his grandfather Otto IV of Schaumburg had been won over to Martin Luther's teachings...
(*1569–1622*), count regnant of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg as of 1601, elevated to Prince of Schaumburg in 1619.