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    • Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great (German: Otto der Große Italian: Ottone il Grande) or Otto of Saxony (German: Otto von Sachsen Italian: Ottone di Sassonia), was East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ri… See more

    Early life

    Otto was born on 23 November 912, the oldest son of the Duke of Saxony, Henry the Fowler and his second wife
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    Reign as king

    Henry died from the effects of a cerebral stroke on 2 July 936 at his palace, the Kaiserpfalz in Memleben, and was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey. At the time of his death, all of the various German tribes were united in a … See more

    Born23 November 912 · Possibly Wallhausen, East Francia
    Died7 May 973 (aged 60) · Memleben, Holy Roman Empire
    SpousesEadgyth of England · (m. 930, died 946) · Adelaide of Italy (m. 951)
    Otto the Great: Europe's Architect
    Otto the Great: Europe's Architect
    How Otto Became the Emperor of Rome
    How Otto Became the Emperor of Rome
    Military expansion into Italy

    Upon the death of Emperor Charles the Fat in 888, the empire of Charlemagne was divided into several territories: East Francia, West Francia, the kingdoms of Lower and Upper Burgundy, and the Kingdom of Italy, with each o… See more

    Relations with the Catholic Church

    Beginning in the late 940s, Otto rearranged interior policies by utilizing the offices of the Catholic Church as tools of royal administration, thereby setting the course for the Ottonian imperial church system. With regar… See more

    Liudolf's Civil War

    With the humiliating failure of his Italian campaign and Otto's marriage to Adelaide, Liudolf became estranged from his father and planned a rebellion. On Christmas Day 951, he held a grand feast at Saalfeld that was attend… See more

    Hungarian military invasions

    The Hungarians (Magyars) invaded Otto's domain as part of the larger Hungarian invasions of Europe and ravaged much of Southern Germany during Liudolf's civil war. Though Otto had installed the Margraves … See more

    Reign as emperor

    Burgundian princess Adelaide, queen of Italy whom the margrave Berengar of Ivrea had taken prisoner in 950, appealed to Otto for help. Otto marched into Italy in 951 and married Adelaide. In 952 Berengar signed a peace treat… See more

     
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