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Otto, Count of Ballenstedt

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Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, called Otto the Rich, 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.

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Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, called Otto the Rich, 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.

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