Otto I, Duke of Bavaria

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Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Portrait from Die Chronik Bayerns
Born	1117 Kelheim, Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	(1183-07-11)11 July 1183 Pfullendorf, Holy Roman Empire
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Agnes of Loon
Issue Detail	Sophia Richardis Louis I
Father	Otto IV, Count of Scheyern
Mother	Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld

Otto I (1117 – 11 July 1183), called the Redhead (German: der Rotkopf), was Duke of Bavaria from 1180 until his death. He was also called Otto VI as Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1156 to 1180. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach, a dynasty which reigned until the abdication of King Ludwig III of Bavaria in the German Revolution of 1918.