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Otto III (11 February 1261 – 9 November 1312), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the Duke of Lower Bavaria from 1290 to 1312 and the King of Hungary and Croatia between 1305 and 1307. His reign in Hungary was disputed by Charles Robert of the Angevin dynasty.
Otto III's cousin Henry II had been deposed as Duke of Bavaria by Otto II in 976 following his failed rebellion and imprisoned within the Bishopric of Utrecht. Following Otto II's death, Henry was released from prison. As Otto III's nearest male Ottonian relative, Henry II claimed the regency over his infant cousin.
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Apr 26, 2022 · Otto III (died 28 September 1057), called the White and known as Otto of Schweinfurt, was the margrave of the Nordgau (1024 – 1031) and duke of Swabia (1048 – 1057). He was the son of Henry of Schweinfurt, margrave of the Nordgau, and Gerberga of Henneberg. He was one of the most powerful East Franconian princes by inheritance: having ...
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The 28-year-old emperor’s early death created a power vacuum in the empire. Due to his youth, Otto needed a regent to rule on his behalf. In the ensuing power struggle, the king’s mother and grandmother fought against Otto’s second cousin, Henry of Bavaria, for control. Henry had formerly been the duke of Bavaria before Otto II deposed him.
May 18, 2018 · Otto III was the only son of Emperor Otto II and the Byzantine princess Theophano. He was 3 years of age when his father died, making him German king. Most of Otto's younger years were spent in Germany, where, after a period of difficulty with Duke Henry the Wrangler of Bavaria, his mother served capably as regent.
Jan 1, 1991 · Otto II's cousin Henry, the former Duke of Bavaria, claimed the kingship, but in the end could not command enough support and was forced to hand over Otto III to his Byzantine mother, Theophanu, and grandmother, Adelheid, in the summer of 984.
Son of the Holy Roman emperor Otto II and Empress Theophano, Otto III was elected German king in June 983 and crowned at Aachen in December, shortly after his father’s death. But the child king was seized by Henry II the Quarrelsome, the deposed duke of Bavaria, in an attempt to secure the regency, if not the throne, for himself.
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