Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great (German: Otto der Große Italian: Ottone il Grande) or Otto of Saxony (German: Otto von Sachsen...
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Seeking an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great, he married Otto's younger sister Hedwig of Saxony in 937. They were the parents of Hugh Capet...
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Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was auda- (as in e.g. Audaþius), the Anglo-Saxon...
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member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. Otto II was made joint-ruler of Germany...
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Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor. Barry Otto was born in 1941 in Brisbane, the son of a butcher. He has a sister named Denise. Otto trained...
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Ottonian dynasty (category Noble families of the Holy Roman Empire)
emperors, especially Otto the Great. It is also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin in the German stem duchy of Saxony. The family itself is...
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Otto I, also called Otto the Great, is seen by many as one of the greatest medieval rulers. His name is usually associated with the foundation (or consolidation...
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including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry and Matilda are buried. She was later canonized. His son Otto I, traditionally known as Otto the Great, continued...
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Dobrynya (highly doubtful is the fact of her being Anna's offspring)[citation needed] a granddaughter of Otto the Great (possibly Rechlinda Otona [Regelindis])...
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Otto (c. 830/835/51 – 30 November 912), called the Illustrious (German: Otto der Erlauchte) by later authors, was a notable member of the Ottonian dynasty...
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Hugh Capet (category Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis)
and was also a nephew of Otto the Great. The dynasty he founded ruled France for nearly nine centuries: from 987 to 1328 in the senior line, and until 1848...
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with the three Great Powers that had guaranteed Greece's independence, Britain, France and Russia, and Otto's ability to maintain the support of the powers...
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Holy Roman Emperor (redirect from Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire)
924 and the coronation of Otto the Great in 962 is taken as marking the transition from the Frankish Empire to the Holy Roman Empire. Under the Ottonians...
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Rebellion of Harald Bluetooth (category Wars involving the Holy Roman Empire)
and the Holy Roman Empire, under the Ottonian Dynasty. The Ottonians, specifically under Otto the Great, sought to crush the rebellion of the Danish...
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This is a list of people known as the Great, or the equivalent, in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes, such as Persian e Bozorg...
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East Francia (redirect from Kingdom of the East Franks)
(887–899) Louis the Child (900–911) Conradine dynasty: Conrad I of Germany (911–918) Ottonian dynasty: Henry the Fowler (919–936) Otto the Great (936–973) List...
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Otto the Great for help. It is on Mount Saraceno, where they were strongly entrenched for years, that the Saracens were defeated and driven from the place...
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Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated consors...
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Holy Lance (redirect from The Spear of Destiny)
crucifixion.: 27, 46 n.81 Along the same lines, it may be telling that Henry's son Otto the Great fought the Battle of Birten in the first half of March 939.: 27–28 ...
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Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (category Children of Otto the Great)
was the only son of the Saxon duke Otto the Great, son and heir of the German king Henry the Fowler, by his first wife Eadgyth, daughter of the English...
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which evolved during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great. The style was found in Germany and lasted from the mid 10th century until the mid 11th century....
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Look up Otto, otto, or -otto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Otto is a given name of Germanic origin, including a list of persons and fictional characters...
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Matilda of Ringelheim (category Christian female saints of the Middle Ages)
Her husband, Henry the Fowler, was the first king from the Ottonian dynasty, and their eldest son, Otto the Great, restored the Holy Roman Empire in...
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Liutgard of Saxony (died 953) (category Children of Otto the Great)
Red. She and Conrad became progenitors of the Salian dynasty. Liutgarde was the only daughter of King Otto I of Germany from his first marriage with Edith...
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William (archbishop of Mainz) (category Children of Otto the Great)
was the son of the Emperor Otto I the Great and a Wendish mother. On 17 December 954, he was appointed to the archbishopric of Mainz following the death...
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King Otto the Great.[citation needed] He then allied himself with King Louis IV of France, but King Otto sent duke Hermann of Swabia to quell the rebels...
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established in 962 under Otto the Great. Later emperors were crowned by the pope or other Catholic bishops. In 1530 Charles V became the last Holy Roman emperor...
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to the following people: Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress and second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great Eupraxia...
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at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria. The crown of eight hinged golden plates was probably made in Western Germany for the Imperial coronation of Otto I in...
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Northern March (redirect from Margrave of the Nordmark)
the Kingdom of Germany. After the death of the margrave Gero the Great in 965, the vast collection of marches (a "super-march") was divided by Otto into...
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