Background
Otto was the third son of Count Jobst II and his wife Anna of Gleichen.
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Otto Otto VIII, Count of Hoya
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Career
At first, he was canon in Cologne and Verden. Otto married in 1568 to Agnes of Bentheim-Steinfurt, the widow of Count John II of Rietberg, who was also the mother Armgard, who was the wife of Otto"s brother Eric. After Eric also died childless in 1575, Otto ruled the county alone.
"Otto, Count of Hoya and Burghausen," signed the Formula of Concord of 1577, and the Book of Concord of 1580.
Otto VIII died childless on 25 November 1582 at Hoya Castle. He was buried in the church of Saint Martin in Nienburg.
His tomb is lcoated in the hall below the tower. With his death, the House of Hoya died out, and the county fell back to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
