Otto I "The Great" Germany

911 - 973  (62 years)

• Name	Otto I "The Great" Germany
  Born	911	, Germany
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8HR7-TX
  Died	2 May 973
  Person ID	I20134	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Nov 1999

  
  

  Father	Heinrich I "The Fowler" Germans, [Duke of Saxony],   b. Abt 874, Of, Saxony, Germany ,   d. 27 Jun 936, Membleben  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Mathilda Countess Of Ringleheim,   b. Abt 877, Of Mensleben, Saxony, Germany ,   d. 9 May 968  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Married	906
  Family ID	F7227	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Edith, Empress Of Germany,   b. Abt 909, , Wessex, England ,   d. 16 Jan 947  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	929
  Family ID	F9224	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Adelheid, Empress Of Germany,   b. 930, Of, Burgundy, France ,   d. 10 Dec 1000, , Selz, Alsace, France  (Age 70 years)
  Married	950
  Children	+ 1. Otto II (Rufus), Germany, Emperor,   b. 954, Of, Germany ,   d. 2 Dec 983  (Age 29 years) + 2. Richilde Princess Of Germany,   b. Abt 949
  Family ID	F15890	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 911 - , Germany  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Otto I The Great King Of Germany was the first king to become Holy Roman Emperor. He became King of Germany in 936 and ruled all of Germany. In 951, he crossed the Alps and declared himself the king of Italy. He was forced to return to Germany when the other German princes began a series of revolts. At the same time the Slavs in Poland and Bohemia revolted, and the Magyars, or Hungarians, invaded Germany. Otto crushed the Magyars in the battle of the Lech River in 955. The Poles and Bohemians were forced to accept his rule. Otto was able to replace most of the rebellious German princes with members of his own family. The young king of Arles, or Burgundy, also had to accept his rule. Otto then turned his attention toward Italy. He married the widow of an earlier Italian king, and defeated a rival for the throne. In 961, Otto crossed the Alps in answer to an appeal from Pope John XII to put down an uprising in Rome. For this service, Otto was crowned in 962 emperor of what was later known as the Holy Roman Empire. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p G150, O667. Otto I "The Great" Emperor Of Holy Roman Empire.