II Otto 
II was born about 0955 in Saxony, Germany. II's father was Otto I "the Great" and his mother was St. Adelaide of Lombardy. His paternal grandparents were Heinrich I "the Fowler" and Matilda von Ringelheim; his maternal grandparents were Rudolph and Bertha of Swabia. He had three half-sisters named Lutigarde, Richilde and Duke of Swabia. He died in Rome, Italy.General Notes
Otto II (955-83), Holy Roman emperor (967-83), king of Germany (961-83), the son of Otto I, with whom he ruled jointly from 967 to 973. In 976 he suppressed a rebellion that was led by his cousin Henry II, duke of Bavaria. Two years later, having been attacked by Lothair, king of France, Otto drove the French out of Lorraine but was unsuccessful in besieging Paris. Later Lothair renounced Lorraine, and peace was established. Otto next invaded southern Italy, gaining possession of Naples, Salerno, and Taranto, but he was overwhelmingly defeated by the Greeks and Saracens at Crotona in 982. He died in Rome while planning a second invasion. His wife, Theophano, brought Byzantine refinement and culture to the German court.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0788 in East Saxony d.0843
- b.0806 in Saxony d.6 SEP 864 in Saxony
- b.~ 0795 in Montfort, France
- b.0836 in Saxony d.30 NOV 912
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony
- b.0816 d.May 0913
- b.~ 0784 in Saxony
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.2 JUN 936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0828 in Bayern, Bavaria d.22 SEP 880 in Ottingen, Bayern, Bavaria
- b.0863 in Saxony d.0899
- b.~ 0824 in Carinthia, Greece
- b.~ 0855 in Saxony d.24 DEC 903
- b.~ 0815
- b.~ 0840 in Bayern, Bavaria
- b.23 NOV 912 in Saxony, Germany d.7 MAY 973
- b.~ 0810 in Ringleheim, Memleben, Sachsen d.0891
- b.~ 0828 in Ringeheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.~ 0812 in Ringleheim, Memleben, Sachsen
- b.~ 0853 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover d.8 DEC 917
- b.~ 0800 in Ittergau, Hanover, Germany
- b.~ 0833 in Ringeheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.> 0909
- b.~ 0800 in Riparian, Hanover, Germany
- b.~ 0892 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hanover d.14 MAR 967/68 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0800 in Friesland, Germany d.0844 in Walcheran, Germany
- b.~ 0834 in Friesland, Germany d.> 0905
- b.~ 0868 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover
- b.~ 0827 in Alsace-Lorraine, France d.8 AUG 869 in Piacenga, Italy
- b.~ 0863 in Alsace-Lorraine, France d.26 OCT 907
- b.~ 0835
- b.~ 0955 in Saxony, Germany d.7 DEC 983 in Rome, Italy
- b.0800 in Argengau, Bourgogne, France d.16 FEB 862/63
- b.0825 in Bourgogne, France d.0881
- b.0824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.~ 0866
- b.0847 in Bourgogne, France d.0911
- b.~ 0798 in Alsace, France d.0865
- b.~ 0830 in Bourgogne, France
- b.~ 0902 in Burgundy, France d.11 AUG 937
- b.~ 0820 in Metz, France d.0869
- b.~ 0838 in Metz, France d.0887
- b.~ 0820 in Turin, Italy d.0883
- b.~ 0858 d.14 JUN 929
- b.~ 0825 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.12 AUG 875
- b.~ 0840 d.0897
- b.~ 0825 d.0896
- b.0931 in Lombardy, France d.16 DEC 999 in Selz, Alsace
- b.0837 in Sulichgau, Germany d.0905
- b.~ 0865
- b.~ 0835 in Fruili, Italy d.0902
- b.0885 in Burgundy, France d.29 APR 926 in Ivrea, France
- b.~ 0895 in Burgundy, France d.2 JAN 965/66
- b.~ 0867 d.0911
- b.~ 0890
- b.~ 0885 d.0958
- d.~ 0890
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II and Theophano of were married in a religious ceremony. They had a son and two daughters, named III, Adelheid and Matilda.
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Children
Matilda von Saxony
Matilda was born in 0981 in Saxony, Germany. She died at the age of 43 on November 4th, 1024.
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