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Otto Count of Ballenstedt called Otto the Rich (c. 1070 – 9 February 1123) was the first Ascanian prince to call himself count of Anhalt and was also briefly named duke of Saxony. He was the father of Albert the Bear who later conquered Brandenburg from the Slavs and called himself its first margrave.Otto was the eldest son of Adalbert II Count of Ballenstedt and Adelheid daughter of Otto I Margrave of Meissen.

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