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Male Emperor Otto Rufus II of Saxony Click to view Emperor Otto Rufus II of Saxony in the family tree

Otto was born in 0955 in Saxony, Germany.  Otto's father was Emperor Otto ("the Great") I of Germany and his mother was Empress Adelaide of Italy.  His paternal grandparents were Emperor Henry ("the Fowler") I and Saint Matilda of Ringelheim; his maternal grandparents were King Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha von Swabia. He had three half-sisters named Wichberg, Richilde and Liutgard.  He died at the age of 28 on December 7th, 0983.


Otto's family with Princess Theophanu Skleros of the Byzantine Empire

They had two daughters named Matilda and Otelhild.

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