Emperor Otto ("the Great") I of Germany 
Otto, known as "the Great", was born on November 23rd, 0912 in Saxony, Germany. "the Great"'s father was Emperor Henry ("the Fowler") I and his mother was Saint Matilda of Ringelheim. His paternal grandparents were Duke Otto ("le Grand", "the Illustrious) von Erlauchten of Saxony and Princess Hedwige of the Holy Roman Empire; his maternal grandparents were Count Theodoric von Ringelheim and Reginhild von Friesland. He had a brother and four sisters, named "the Quarrelsome", Oda, Hedwige, Gerberga and Gerberge Auceps. He died at the age of 60 on May 7th, 0973 in Memleben, Saxony, Germany.General Notes
King of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
HIST: OTTO I THE GREAT, KING OF GERMANY,HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, SON OF HENRY I KING OF GERMANY. AFTER SUBDUING AN UPRISING INCITED BY HIS BROTHER, OTTO CONSOLIDATED HIS KINGDOM BY GRANTING DUCHIES TO FAITHFUL RELATIVES AND FOLLOWERS. IN 951, HE MARCHED INTO ITALY TO AIDE ADELAIDE, THE WIDOWED QUEEN OF LOMBARDY, AGAINST BERENGER II, WHO HAD USURPED THE KINGDOM. OTTO DEFEATED BERENGER AND MARRIED ADELAIDE, BECOMING THE RULER OF NORTHERN ITALY. WHEN HE RETURNED TO GERMANY, HE AGAIN CRUSHED A
REBELLION OF NOBLES LED BY HIS SON LIUDOLF AND HALTED A HUNGARIAN INVASION IN 955. IN 962, HE WAS CROWNED HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. IN 963 HE DESPOSED POPE JOHN XII AND HAD LEO XIII ELECTED AS POPE. OTTO SOUGHT TO MAKE THE CHURCH SUBORDINATE TO THE EMPIRE BUT ASSISTED IN SPREADING CHRISTIANITY THROUGHOUT HIS DOMAIN. HE NEGOTIATED UNSUCCESSFULLY WIHT BYZENTINE EMPEROR NIKEPHOROS II PHOKAS FOR AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN THERE TWO EMPIRES, BUT WAS ABLE TO SET UP A MARRAIGE BETWEEN HIS SON OTTO II
AND THEOPANO, DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR ROMANUS II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0790 d.0825/0851
- b.~ 0800 in Saxony, Germany
- b.0782/0800 in Saxony, Germany
- b.ABT 0806/0816 d.06 Sep 0864
- b.~ 0765 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.ABT 0790/0804 in Saxony, Germany
- b.ABT 0836/0851 in Saxony, Germany d.12 Nov 0912
- b.~ 0755
- b.0780 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0755
- b.0806/0810 in Saxony, Germany d.May 0913
- b.Apr 0773/0776 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.08 Jul 0810 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0784 in Saxony, Germany d.0806
- b.~ 0777 in Toulouse, Gascony
- b.~ 0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jun 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0805/0806 d.28 Aug 0876 in Francfort, Deu
- b.~ 0828 in Bavaria, Germany d.0880
- b.0809 d.31 Jan 0875/0876
- b.~ 0820 in Carinthia, Austria d.08 Dec 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0824 in Corinth, Greece
- b.0855 in Saxony, Germany d.0906
- b.0800/0815 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.0820 in Bavaria, Germany d.29 Nov 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- b.23 Nov 0912 in Saxony, Germany d.07 May 0973 in Memleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0790 d.0825/0851
- b.ABT 0800/0825 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.0856/0891
- b.0782/0800 in Saxony, Germany
- b.ABT 0828/0842 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.0780/0795 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.ABT 0800/0825 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.ABT 0853/0858 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.08 Feb 0917 in West Phalia, Germany
- b.~ 0756
- b.0808 in Tyskland, Bayern, Germany d.0840
- b.~ 0833 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.0909
- b.0780/0785 in Tyskland, Bayern, Germany
- b.0810 d.>28 Nov 0838
- b.ABT 0878/0892 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.14 Mar 0968 in Memleben, Saxony
- b.0775 d.0810 in Walcheren
- b.0800 d.0844 in Walcheren
- b.ABT 0820/0833 in Friesland, Germany d.0885
- b.~ 0858 in Germany d.0917
- b.0795 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia
- b.0827/0835 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.08 Aug 0869 in Plaisance, Italy
- b.0795 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.20 Mar 0851
- b.0843/0863 d.26 Oct 0907
- b.~ 0797 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.0865
- b.~ 0836 in Lorraine d.~ 0868
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"the Great" and Eadgyth were married in a religious ceremony in 0930. They had three daughters named Wichberg, Richilde and Liutgard.
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Children
Princess Richilde von Saxony of Germany
Richilde was born about 0925 in Saxony, Germany. She died in 0999.
Princess Liutgard of Saxony
Liutgard was born about 0931 in Saxony, Germany. She died on November 18th, 0953.
They had a son named Otto.
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Children
Emperor Otto Rufus II of Saxony
Otto was born in 0955 in Saxony, Germany. He died at the age of 28 on December 7th, 0983.
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