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Otto, Lord of Arkel (c. 1330 – 26 March or 1 April 1396) was Lord of Arkel from 6 May 1360 until his death. Life. He was a son of John IV and his wife, Irmengard of Cleves. Otto was born as his parents' second son, after his elder brother John, who died during a tournament in Dordrecht in 1352.
Otto gave Gorinchem, Hagestein and Leerdam city rights in 1382. The power of the Lords of Arkel was at its highest at the end of the 14th century; the fortress on the eastern bank of the city of Gorinchem becoming known as The Imperial Castle.
William Otto, Lord of Arkel (c. 1385 – 1 December 1417 in Gorinchem) was the male member of the House of Arkel. He styled himself Lord of Arkel, although his father had lost control of Arkel in 1412, and William's attempt to regain it, failed.
In 1373, Regent Albert summoned Otto van Arkel and Willem VI to serve him against Utrecht, where Willem's uncle Arnold II was bishop. The summons came too late, but one can assume that Willem supported Albert later in the war.
Explore genealogy for Otto van Arkel born abt. 1330 Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands died 1396 including ancestors + descendants + 3 photos + 3 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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John V, Lord of Arkel (11 September 1362 – 25 August 1428) was Lord of Arkel, Haastrecht and Hagestein and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West Frisia. He was a son of Lord Otto of Arkel and his wife, Elisabeth of Bar-Pierrepont .
William Otto, Lord of Arkel ( c. 1385 – 1 December 1417 in Gorinchem) was the male member of the House of Arkel. He styled himself Lord of Arkel, although his father had lost control of Arkel in 1412, and William's attempt to regain it, failed.
