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 Abt 952 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Emperor Otto I "The Great" Of The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE was born on 23 Nov 912 in Saxony, Germany (son of Henry I "The Fowler", King Of The Germans and Mathilda Von RINGELHEIM, Countess Of Ringelheim); died on 7 May 973 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany. Other Events:
- AFN: 8HR7-TX
- Name: Otto I "Le Grand" Emperor HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
- Name: The Great
- _UID: C8D6252E4C8A457DB344B2E807220375BB20
- Titled: Between 936 and 961
- Titled: Between 936 and 973
- ACCEDED: 8 Aug 936
- Titled: 951
- Titled: Between 961 and 973
- Titled: Between 962 and 973
Notes:
Otto I (Holy Roman Empire), called Otto the Great (912-973), Holy Roman emperor (962-973), king of Germany (936-973), the son of the German king Henry I. After subduing an uprising of nobles incited by his brother, Otto consolidated his kingdom by granting duchies to faithful relatives and followers. In 951 he marched to Italy to assist Adelaide, the widowed queen of Lombardy, against Berengar II, who had usurped the kingdom. Otto defeated Berengar and married Adelaide, thereby becoming 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 deposed Pope John XII and had Leo VIII elected in his stead. Otto sought to make the church subordinate to the authority of the empire but assisted in spreading Christianity throughout his domain. He negotiated unsuccessfully with the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus II Phocas for an alliance between the Byzantine and Holy Roman empires, but was able to arrange a marriage between his son Otto II and Theophano, daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romanus II.
Relationship (J,M&L):
34th Great-grandparent
Relationship (J,M&L):
36th Great-grandparent
Titled:
Duke of Saxony
Titled:
King of Germany
ACCEDED:
Holy Roman Emperor
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King of Italy
Titled:
King of Italy
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Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Otto married Princess Adelheid Of BURGUNDY in 951. Adelheid (daughter of King Rudolph II Of BURGUNDY and Bertha Von SWABIA) was born in 931 in Bourgogne, Champagne, France; died on 17 Dec 999 in Selz, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 4. |  Henry I "The Fowler", King Of The Germans was born in 876 in Of Saxony, Germany (son of Otto "Der Erlauchte", Duke Of Saxony and Haduwig Von Babenberg, Hedwig); died on 2 Jul 936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany. Other Events:
- Name: The Fowler
- Occupation: King
- _UID: C5A0362C27B84B3E9B47911287FA570A9603
- Alt. Birth: 876, Saxony, Germany; Alt. Birth
- Alt. Death: 2 Jul 936, Membleben, Saxony, Germany; Alt. Death
Notes:
Henry I (of Germany), called Henry The Fowler (876?-936), king of Germany (919-936), the first of the Saxon line of German kings. In 912 Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony. Following the death of Conrad I, king of Germany, in 918, Henry was chosen king by the Franconian and Saxon nobles. Bavaria, Swabia, and Lotharingia refused to acknowledge him at first, and it was not until 925 that he managed to win recognition from all the German states. In 926 Henry secured a nine-year truce from warfare with the Magyars. During that period he transformed many of the small towns of Germany into fortified cities with trained troops of mounted warriors. His military preparations were successfully tested in a war against the Wends in 929. When the Magyars invaded Th?ringen in 933, Henry repulsed them decisively. He defeated the Danes in the following year and seized territory from them. Henry was the first to create a united Germany, and, although he never received the imperial crown, he is generally recognized as one of the Holy Roman emperors. He was succeeded by his son, Otto.
Henry married Mathilda Von RINGELHEIM, Countess Of Ringelheim in 909 in Wallhausen. Mathilda (daughter of Count Dietrich Of SAXON, Hamelant Ringelheim and Reginhilde Von FRIESLAND) was born about 878 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany; died on 14 May 968 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Mathilda Von RINGELHEIM, Countess Of Ringelheim was born about 878 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany (daughter of Count Dietrich Of SAXON, Hamelant Ringelheim and Reginhilde Von FRIESLAND); died on 14 May 968 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany. Other Events:
- Occupation: Countess
- _UID: E8076B8DA3B64A5EAE0F39140D4AE99CCEA7
Notes:
Countess of Ringelheim
Children:
- 2. Emperor Otto I "The Great" Of The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE was born on 23 Nov 912 in Saxony, Germany; died on 7 May 973 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany.
- Gerberge, Queen Of France was born in 913-914 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Champagne, France; was buried in Reims, Champagne, France.
- Hedwige (Hadevich) Judith Of SAXONY was born about 922 in Saxony, Germany; died on 10 Mar 965 in Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany.
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| 7. | Bertha Von SWABIA was born about 907 in Burgundy, France; died on 11 Aug 967. Other Events:
- _UID: 70146A6354E54D5EA3145B130BEF68753179
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Generation: 4
| 9. | Haduwig Von Babenberg, Hedwig was born about 855 in Saxony, Germany; died on 24 Dec 903. Other Events:
- _UID: 5BCB3D28EB8345488E979DB93639C8033BC4
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NOTE MARRIED
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