Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emp 
Otto I the Great was born in Germany.1 Otto I the Great's father was Henry I the Fowler Holy Roman Emp and his mother was St. Matilda von Ringelheim. His paternal grandparents were Otto the Illustrious of Saxony Duke of Saxony and Hedwige of Germany; his maternal grandparents were Theudebert (Dietrich) of Saxony Duke of Saxony and Ludmilla Ragnhildis von Friesland. He had a brother and two sisters, named Henry I the Quarrelsome, Hadwig and Gerberge of Saxony.1 General Notes
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Otto I The Great King of Germany was the first king to become Holy Roman Emperor. He became King of Germany in 936 and ruled all of Germany. In 951, he crossed the Alps and declared himself the king of Italy. He was forced to return to Germany when the other German princes began a series of revolts. At the same time the Slavs in Poland and Bohemia revolted, and the Magyars, or
Hungarians, invaded Germany. Otto crushed the Magyars in the battle of the Lech River in 955. The Poles and Bohemians were forced to accept his rule. Otto was able to replace most of the rebellious German princes with members of his own family. The young king of Arles, or Burgundy, also had to accept his rule. Otto then turned his attention toward Italy. He married the widow of an earlier Italian king, and defeated a rival for the throne. In 961, Otto crossed the Alps in answer to an appeal from Pope John XII to put down an uprising in Rome. For this service, Otto was crowned in 962 emperor of what was later known as the Holy Roman Empire.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.0825
- b.0800 d.0843
- b.0826 d.0866
- b.0851 d.30 NOV 912
- b.0780
- b.0826 d.May 0913
- b.0875 d.2 JUL 936 in Mensleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.2 APR 742 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt d.28 JAN 813/14 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Germany
- b.0778 in France d.20 JUN 840 in Ingolheim
- b.0758 in Savoy d.30 APR 783 in Thionville, Moselle, France
- b.0800 in France d.28 AUG 876 in Frankfort, Brandenburg, Germany
- b.0752
- b.0778 in ,, France d.3 OCT 818 in Angers, France or Tours, France
- b.0856 d.24 DEC 903
- b.~ 0745 d.0823
- b.0776 in Bavaria d.0825
- b.~ 0810 d.31 JAN 875/76
- b.0780 d.> 0833
- b.23 NOV 912 in Germany d.7 MAY 973
- d.0825
- b.0800 in of Ringelheim, Germany d.0856
- b.0828
- b.0800 in of Ringelheim, Germany
- b.0853 d.0920
- b.0892 in of Mensleben, Saxony, Germany d.14 MAR 967/68
- b.0820 in of Friesland, Germany
- b.0858
- b.0820 in of Friesland, Germany
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Details of Otto I the Great's family with Eadgyth (Edith) of England
Details of Otto I the Great's family with St. Adelaide de Italia
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 45 pp 46-47, line 147, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 45 pp 46-47, line 147, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW
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