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{{Short description|Count of Cleves (1305-1310)}}
{{ infobox noble
| name = Otto, Count of Cleves
| noble family = House of Cleves
| father = [[Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves]]
| mother = Margaret of Guelders
| spouse = [[Mechteld von Virneburg]]
| birth_date = c. 1278
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date|1310|10|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Horstmar
}}
'''Otto''' (1278 – October 29, 1310) was [[Count of Cleves]]<ref>''Niederrheins Urkundenbuch'', Band III, 96</ref> from 1305 through 1310.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duchy of Cleves |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095617467 |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}</ref>
Otto was the eldest son of [[Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves]] (1256–1305) and his first wife Margaret of Guelders.
His first marriage was to Adelheid van der Marck, daughter of [[Engelbert I, Count of the Mark]].
Later he married Mechteld von Virneburg, a niece of [[Heinrich II of Virneburg]]. They had one daughter [[Irmgard of Cleves]], who married [[Adolph II of the Marck]] and later [[John IV, Lord of Arkel|John IV of Arkel]].
When he died, at [[Horstmar]], in 1310 he was succeeded by his half-brother [[Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves|Dietrich VIII]].
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