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Otto I (in French, Otton I, between 1167 and 1171 – 13 January 1200) was Count of Burgundy from 1190 to his death and briefly Count of Luxembourg from 1196 to 1197. He was the fourth son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor , by his second wife Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy , [1] daughter of Count Renaud III .
- St Stephen's Cathedral (Citadel of Besançon)
- Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
The Free County of Burgundy ( French: Franche Comté de Bourgogne; German: Freigrafschaft Burgund) was a medieval feudal state ruled by a count from 982 to 1678. It was also known as Franche-Comté, from French: franc comte meaning 'free count', and was located in the modern region of Franche-Comté. It bordered the Duchy of Burgundy to the ...
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Otto also inherited the duchy of Burgundy on the other side of the Saône in 1002 from his stepfather Eudes Henry the Great. The duchy then corresponded to the diocese of Besançon in the Holy Roman Empire. By 990 Otto-William was the Count of Nevers. He was also Count of Mâcon in France. While the son of a king, he did not himself seek a ...
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Count of Burgundy (Bourgogne). Typically known by the double name Otte-Guillaume in the modern literature, he appears in records occasionally as Otto, also called Guillaume [" Otto comes, cognomento Willelmus " Chron. S.-Bénigne, 162-4; " Nobiliter natus Guillelmus et Otho vocatus " ibid., 181; " Otto, qui et Willelmus dictus est " ibid ...
Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of Italy, and his father, King Adalbert. [1] His mother was Gerberga. [1] After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet. [2] Gerberga and Henry had no children together.
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Otto I, Count of Burgundy Also known as Otto I, Count of Burgundy primary name: Otto I other name: (Count ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Otto I (born Nov. 23, 912—died May 7, 973, Memleben, Thuringia) was the duke of Saxony (as Otto II, 936–961), German king (from 936), and Holy Roman emperor (962–973) who consolidated the German Reich by his suppression of rebellious vassals and his decisive victory over the Hungarians. His use of the church as a stabilizing influence ...
