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Spouses/Children:
Richardis VON WITTELSBACH
- Hendrik VAN GELRE
- Gf. Gerhard IV VAN GELRE
- Adelheid VAN GELRE+
- Otto VAN GELRE, Bishop of Utrecht
- Ludwig VAN GELRE
- Irmgard VAN GELRE
- Margareta VAN GELRE
- Mechtild VAN GELRE
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Gf. Otto I VAN GELRE
- Married: Abt 1185
- Died: 22 Oct 1207
- Buried: Kloster Kamp, Nordrhein-Westfalia
 Research Notes:
The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop names "Gherrit und…Otte" as the two sons of "Henderick…grave van Gelre".
He succeeded in 1182 as OTTO I Graaf van Gelre en Zütphen. "Otto…comes Gelrensis…cum uxore nostra Richarda" granted customs privileges to Kloster Altenburg by charter dated to [1188]. “Otto...Gelre comes” donated property to Bedbur, with the consent of “Richardis uxoris mee et heredum meorum...Gerardi, Ottonis sive Lodevici”, by charter dated 1203, witnessed by “...Theodericus frater comitis...”. 1
Marriage Information:
Otto married Richardis VON WITTELSBACH, daughter of Otto I VON WITTELSBACH, Duke of Bavaria, and Agnes VAN LOOZ, about 1185. (Richardis VON WITTELSBACH died on 21 Sep 1231 in Roermond, Limburg, Holland.)
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