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Battle of Lechtfeld (955) by Michael Echter, 1860.. Otto I, also called Otto the Great, is seen by many as one of the greatest medieval rulers. His name is usually associated with the foundation (or consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, depending on the sources, although the modern vỉew generally considers Otto, rather than his father Henry the Fowler or Charlemagne, as the founder), the ...
Theophanu. Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu . Otto III was crowned as King of Germany in 983 at the age of three, shortly after his father's death in Southern Italy ...
Sep 5, 2023 · BIOGRAPHY: b. 955. d. Dec. 7, 983, Rome. German king from 961 and Holy Roman emperor from 967, sole ruler from 973, son of Otto I and his second wife, Adelaide. Otto continued his father's policies of promoting a strong monarchy in Germany and of extending the influence of his house in Italy. In 961 he was crowned co-regent king of Italy and ...
Otto I the Great - Holy Roman Emperor - 962-973. Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), also known as Otto the Great, was emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, reigning as German king from 936 until his death in 973. The oldest son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, Otto was "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy".
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red ( der Rote ), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy . Otto II was made joint-ruler of Germany in 961, at an early age, and his father named him co-Emperor in ...
Otto I the Great (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor. He won a big war against the Magyars and later conquered northern Italy. Other websites. Media related to Otto I. at Wikimedia Commons
Jan 10, 2013 · Dear YH, Although Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in the West in 800, the first use of the term “Holy Roman Emperor” was applied when Pope John XII crowned Otto, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Otto I on February 3, 962. Ostensibly, Otto was the pope’s chief protector, but within the year, discovering John XII conspiring against his growing ...
