Otto I the Great 
Otto I the Great was born in Germany. Otto I the Great's father was Henry I the Fowler and his mother was Mathilde RINGLEHEIM. His paternal grandparents were Otto Otton le Grand VON ERLAUCHTEN and Hedwige of Bavaria Edith Hathui; his maternal grandparents were Theodoric VON RINGLEHEIM and Gisele Rangildis Ludmilla DE LORRAINE. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Henri le Querelleur Heinrich I Herzog, Henry the Wrangler, Bruno Saint, Hedwige Hedwiga and Gerberg of Germany. He died in Memleben,Germany.General Notes
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ALIA Otto I Wielki, ces. rzymski, b 23-11-912, d 07-05-973Otto I (Holy Roman Empire), called Otto the Great (912-73), HolyRoman emperor (962-73), king of Germany (936-73), the son of theGerman king
Henry I. After subduing an uprising of noblesincited by his brother, Otto consolidated his kingdom bygranting duchies to faithful relatives and followers. In 951 hemarched to Italy to assist
Adelaide, the widowed queen ofLombardy (931?-99), against Berengar II (died 966), who hadusurped the kingdom. Otto defeated Berengar and marriedAdelaide, thereby becoming ruler of northern Italy.
When hereturned to Germany, he again crushed a rebellion of nobles ledby his son Liudolf and halted a Hungarian invasion in 955. In962 he was crowned Holy Roman emperor. In 963 he deposed PopeJohn
XII and had Leo VIII (died 965) elected in his stead. Ottosought to make the church subordinate to the authority of theempire but assisted in spreading Christianity throughout hisdomain. He
negotiated unsuccessfully with the Byzantine emperorNicephorus II Phocas (913?-69) for an alliance between theByzantine and Holy Roman empires, but was able to arrange amarriage between his son Otto
II and Theophano (955?-91),daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romanus II (939-63). Otto I(Holy Roman Empire), called Otto the Great (912-73), Holy Romanemperor (962-73), king of Germany (936-73), the
son of theGerman king Henry I. After subduing an uprising of noblesincited by his brother, Otto consolidated his kingdom bygranting duchies to faithful relatives and followers. In 951 hemarched to
Italy to assist Adelaide, the widowed queen ofLombardy (931?-99), against Berengar II (died 966), who hadusurped the kingdom. Otto defeated Berengar and marriedAdelaide, thereby becoming ruler of
northern Italy. When hereturned to Germany, he again crushed a rebellion of nobles ledby his son Liudolf and halted a Hungarian invasion in 955. In962 he was crowned Holy Roman emperor. In 963 he
deposed PopeJohn XII and had Leo VIII (died 965) elected in his stead. Ottosought to make the church subordinate to the authority of theempire but assisted in spreading Christianity throughout
hisdomain. He negotiated unsuccessfully with the Byzantine emperorNicephorus II Phocas (913?-69) for an alliance between theByzantine and Holy Roman empires, but was able to arrange amarriage
between his son Otto II and Theophano (955?-91),daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romanus II (939-63). MergedGeneral Note: Otto I (Holy Roman Empire), called Otto the Great(912-73), Holy Roman
emperor (962-73), king of Germany (936-73),the son of the German king Henry I. After subduing an uprisingof nobles incited by his brother, Otto consolidated his kingdomby granting duchies to
faithful relatives and followers. In 951he marched to Italy to assist Adelaide, the widowed queen ofLombardy (931?-99), against Berengar II (died 966), who hadusurped the kingdom. Otto defeated
Berengar and marriedAdelaide, thereby becoming ruler of northern Italy. When hereturned to Germany, he again crushed a rebellion of nobles ledby his son Liudolf and halted a Hungarian invasion in
955. In962 he was crowned Holy Roman emperor. In 963 he deposed PopeJohn XII and had Leo VIII (died 965) elected in his stead. Ottosought to make the church subordinate to the authority of theempire
but assisted in spreading Christianity throughout hisdomain. He negotiated unsuccessfully with the Byzantine emperorNicephorus II Phocas (913?-69) for an alliance between theByzantine and Holy Roman
empires, but was able to arrange amarriage between his son Otto II and Theophano (955?-91),daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romanus II (939-63).
DATE 22 MAR 1998
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0752 in Abt 775 of Saxony,Germany d.0825 in 825
- b.~ 0772 in Abt 786 of Saxony,France d.0843
- b.~ 0756 in Friesland,Netherlands
- b.~ 0792 in Saxony,Germany d.6 SEP 864 in Brunohausen,Germany
- b.~ 0840 in 0835 Saxony d.12 NOV 912 in 30 Nov 0912
- b.0806 d.0912
- b.Apr 0773 in Aachen,Rhineland,Germany d.8 JUL 810 in Milan,Italy
- b.~ 0777 in Italy
- b.0876 in Saxe,Germany d.2 JUL 936 in Memleban,Saxe,Germany Mensleben
- b.2 APR 742 in Aachen,Rhineland,Germany d.28 JAN 814 in Aix la Chapelle,France
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil,Aquitaine,Lot et Garonne,France d.20 JUN 840 in Ingleheim,Rhinehesse,Germany 1 Jul 874
- b.0758 in Aachen,Rhineland,Germany Savoy d.30 APR 783
- b.804/806 in Bavaria,Germany d.28 AUG 876 in Frankfort,Brandenburg,Germany
- b. in Hesbaye,Liege,Belgium
- b.~ 0778 in HesbayeLiege,now Belgium d.3 OCT 818
- b.~ 0895 in Bavaria,Germany 0834 d. in 24 Dec 0903
- b.~ 0745 d.< 0800
- b.0778 d.818/820
- b.~ 0796 in Circa 0810 of Andech,Hungary d.25 JAN 876 in 31 Jan 0876
- b.~ 0782
- b.23 NOV 912 in Germany d.7 MAY 973 in Memleben,Germany
- b.~ 0752 in Abt 775 of Saxony,Germany d.0825 in 825
- b.~ 0775 in Ringleheim,Saxony,Germany d.0856
- b.~ 0756 in Friesland,Netherlands
- b.~ 0815 in Abt 815 of Ringleheim,Saxony,Germany
- b.0856 in 0872 of Ringleheim,Saxony d.8 FEB 917/920
- b. in Saxony,Germany
- b.~ 0819 in Abt 814 of,Ringleheim,Saxony,Germany d.> 0909
- d.Aft 21 NOV 838
- b.0894 in Memleben,Saxe,Germany d.14 MAY 968 in Quedlinburg,Germany
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil,Aquitaine,Lot et Garonne,France d.20 JUN 840 in Ingleheim,Rhinehesse,Germany 1 Jul 874
- b.0795 in Altdorf,Bavaria d.29 SEP 855 in Prum,Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany
- b.~ 0778 in HesbayeLiege,now Belgium d.3 OCT 818
- b.0827 in Lorraine,France d.8 AUG 869 in Piacenza,Emilia-Romagna,Italy
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace,France d.0836 in France died about 839
- b.~ 0795 in Hesbaye,Liege,Belgium d.20 MAR 851 in ,,Burgundy,France
- b.~ 0769 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire,Centre,France d.> 0837 in France
- b.863/865 in Abt 850 of,Ringleheim,Saxony,Germany d.< 0907
- b.< 0842 d.9 APR 868
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Otto I the Great and Edyta were married in a religious ceremony in 0929.
Otto I the Great and Adelaide Adelheid were married in a religious ceremony in October 0951 in 27 June 0947. They had three sons and four daughters, named Otto II, Ludolf of Swabia, Parent of Pope Gregory V, Adelheid, Richilde, daughter of Otto I and Luitgard.
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