Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346 – November 15, 1379), was the third son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland.

Duke of Bavaria with his five brothers in 1347, he and his brothers Louis V and Louis VI became joint dukes of Upper Bavaria after the partition of Bavaria in 1349. In 1351, he and Louis gave up their rights in Bavaria to Louis V in return for the Margraviate of Brandenburg. In 1356 Louis VI and Otto were invested with the electoral dignity. With the death of Louis VI in 1365 Otto became sole Margrave of Brandenburg.

In 1366 Otto married a daughter of Charles IV, since the childless dukes Louis VI and Otto had already promised Charles the succession in Brandenburg in 1364. This contract was a revenge for a conflict with their brother Stephen II on Bavarian succession after the death of Meinhard, the only son of Louis V.

However Charles invaded Brandenburg in 1371 since Otto neglected his government. Two years later Otto officially resigned and retired in Bavaria. This was the end of the Wittelsbach rule in Brandenburg.

1346 births | 1379 deaths | Electors of Brandenburg | Dukes of Bavaria | House of Wittelsbach

Otto V. (Brandenburg)