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Name: Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor
Sex: M
Birth: 23 Nov 912 ^b
Death: 7 May 973 in Memleben ^d
Burial: Magdeburg Dom ^u

Parents:

Father:
Henry I The Fowler King Of The Saxons Birth: 876 Death: 2 Jul 936 in Memleben

Mother:

Mechtilde Of Westfalen Birth: Abt 896 Death: 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg

Family:
Children:

William Archbishop Of Mainz Birth: 929 Death: 2 Feb 968 in Rottleberode

Marriage:

Eadgyth on Sep 929 .^m2
Eadgyth Death: 26 Jan 946 in Germany

Children:

Liudolf Duke Of Swabia Birth: 930 Death: 6 Sep 957 in Piomba
Luitgarde Birth: Abt 931 Death: 18 Nov 953

Marriage:

Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy on Oct 951 at Pavia .^m3
Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy Birth: Abt 931 Death: 16 Dec 999 in Seiz, Alsace

Children:

Heinrich Birth: 953 Death: Abt 7 Apr 954
Brun Birth: Prob 954 Death: 8 Sep 957
Otto II Holy Roman Emperor Birth: 955 Death: 7 Dec 983 in Rome
Mathilda Abbess Of Quadlingburg Birth: 955 Death: 7 Feb 999

Bibliography

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Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, HenryII edwar001 12/27/2010, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Paget HRHCharles p6, Weis AR7 #45]; 22 Nov 912 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p25]; 912 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p34, Watney WALLOP #439, Weis AR7 #147],
parents:: [Ref: ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p25, Watney WALLOP #439, Weis AR7 #147],
father:: [Ref: CMH p432, Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p73, Tapsell Dynasties p171],
grandmother:: Reinhilda "Fresonum Danorumque genere progrediens" [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 9/9/2002-001131]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, ES II #186 (as replaced in III.1), ES II #78, ES III.4 #736, HenryII edwar001 12/27/2010, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p25, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Paget HRHCharles p6, Weis AR7 #147, Weis AR7 #45]; 973 [Ref: CMH p432, ES I #57, Moriarty Plantagenet p34, Tapsell Dynasties p171, Watney WALLOP #183, Watney WALLOP #439, Watney WALLOP #879],
place:: [Ref: ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p25, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Weis AR7 #147]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: ES I.1 #10]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: CMH p432, ES I.1 #10, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eadgyth

date:: [Ref: ES I.1 #10]; 929 [Ref: ES I #3, ES II #78, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p31, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Paget HRHCharles p6]; 929/30 [Ref: Weis AR7 #45]; 930 [Ref: HenryII edwar001 12/27/2010, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Watney WALLOP #439, Watney WALLOP #879]; first marriage of Otto [Ref: CMH p432, Weis AR7 #147],
names:: [Ref: CMH p382],
child:: [Ref: CMH p432, ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p252, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Watney WALLOP #439, Weis AR7 #192, Weis AR7 #45]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: Judith of Marchtal (#21827) wife of Conrad I Duke of Swabia [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p53, Paget HRHCharles p222, Weis AR7 #241]; Mathilda Abbess of Quadlingburg (#24539) [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p87]; supposed daughter (existence doubtful) Richlind (#21827) wife of Kuno of Ohningen (Conrad I Duke of Swabia?) [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

Sources with Information about marriage to Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy

date:: [Ref: ES I #57, ES II #186 (as replaced in III.1), ES II #186, ES III.4 #736, Moriarty Plantagenet p87]; 951 [Ref: ES I #3, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]; X/XI 951 [Ref: ES I.1 #10]; after 951 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p34, Weis AR7 #147]; saecond marriage of Adelaide [Ref: Evans Habsburgs p133]; second marriage of both [Ref: CMH p432]; second marriageof Adelheid [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p8],
place:: [Ref: ES I.1 #10],
names:: [Ref: Watney WALLOP #183],
child:: [Ref: CMH p432, ES I #3, ES I.1 #10, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, John Ravilious SGM 8/28/2009-120835, Moriarty Plantagenet p87, Watney WALLOP #439, Weis AR7 #147]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: dotted line to William Archbishop of Mainz (#24540) [Ref: CMH p432]

Research Notes:
King of Germany [Ref: ES I.1 #10, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Weis AR7 #147]
Holy Roman Emperor [Ref: ES I.1 #10, HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Weis AR7 #147, Weis AR7 #45]
King of Italy [Ref: HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011]
Duke of Saxony [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p215]

According to Hrosvitha of Gandersheim, Otto was born on the eighth day before the death of his grandfather duke Otto, who died on 30 Nov 912. The Annals of Quedlinburg mistakenly place both the death of the older Otto and the birth of the younger Otto in 913. [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

936-961: Duke of Saxony, as Otto II [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p215]

936: Holy Roman Emperor [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p171]

936: succeeded his father Heinrich I as King of Germany [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

936-973: King of Germany [Ref: HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

936: King of Germany [Ref: ES I.1 #10]

939-973: King of Germany [Ref: Weis AR7 #147]

961: having obtained a claim to Italy by his second marriage to Adelaide of Burgundy, widow of king Lotario of Italy, he invaded Italy, and deprived kings Berengario II and Adelberto of Italy of the kingdom [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

961-973: King of Italy [Ref: HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

962: declared Emperor in Rome by Pope John XII [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

Feb 2 962: Holy Roman Emperor [Ref: ES I.1 #10]

962-973: Emperor [Ref: HenryII heinr001 4/3/2011, HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011, Weis AR7 #147]

973: at his death, his son Otto II succeeded [Ref: HenryII otto0001 4/3/2011]

----- Europaische Stammtafeln I.1 #10 ("Die Liudolfinger (Ottonen), Konige und Kaiser des Heiligen Romischen Reiches 919-1024"): Otto I der Grosse 930 Mit-Kg, 78.VIII 936 Deutscher Konig, Rom 2.II 962 Kaiser *23.XI 912 d. Memleben 7.V 973 u. Magdeburg Dom; m1 IX 929 Ed(g)itha d. 26.I 946 u. Magdeburg Dom T v Eduard (Edward) d A Kg der Angelsachsen; m2 Pavia X/XI 951 Adelheid v Burgund (Welfen) d. Kl.Selz/Elsass 16.XII 999 u. ibid Wwe v Lothat 941 Mit-Kg v Italien (Arles) T v Kg Rudolf II; children: (aus d Verbindung mit einter vornehmen Slawin): Wilhelm, by I: Liudolf, Liutgard, by II: Heinrich, Brun, Mathilde, Otto II [Ref: ES I.1 #10]

Pedigree of Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor
                                              /-----Bruno I Warlord Of Saxons In Engern
                                     /-----Berns Count In Saxony
                                    |        |         /-----Dietrich Count And Warleader In Eastphalia
                                    |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Assabrag
                            /-----Bruno Count In Saxony
                           |         \-----Hasela
                   /-----Ludolph Duke Of Saxony
                  |         \-----Oda
          /-----Otto The Illustrious Duke Of Saxony
         |        |         /-----Billung Count
         |         \-----Oda
         |                  \-----Aeda
/-----Henry I The Fowler King Of The Saxons
|        |                                                      /-----Rupert I Count In Upper Rhine
|        |                                             /-----Cancor Count In Oberheingau, Thurgau, Breisgau
|        |                                            |         \-----Williswint
|        |                                    /-----Heinerich/Heimo Count In Wetterau
|        |                                   |         \-----Angila
|        |                           /-----Heimerich/Heinrich Count In Wetterau
|        |                  /-----Poppo I Count of Grabfeld
|        |                 |         \-----Hadsburg
|        |         /-----Heinrich Of Thuringia, King Of Austriasia
|         \-----Hedwige/Hadui/Haduich
|                 |                  /-----Hunroch Count of Ternois
|                 |         /-----Eberhard Margrave Of Friuli
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Girard Count Of Paris
|                 |        |        |         /-----Begue Count Of Paris
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Carloman Mayor Of The Palace
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Rotrude
|                 |        |         \-----Engeltron Of Paris
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Charlemagne King Of France
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Louis I The Fair Emperor Of The West
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Hildegarde Of Swabia, Countess Of Vinzgau
|                 |        |                  \-----Aupals
|                  \-----Ingeltrud Of Friuli
|                          |                                    /-----Charles Martel, The Hammer, Mayor Of The Palace, King Of France
|                          |                           /-----Pepin The Short King Of The Franks
|                          |                          |         \-----Chrotrudis
|                          |                  /-----Charlemagne King Of France
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Caribert Count Of Laon
|                          |                 |         \-----Bertha Of Laon, Countess Of Laon
|                          |                 |                  \-----Gisele
|                          |         /-----Louis I The Fair Emperor Of The West
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Agilolf
|                          |        |        |         /-----Gerold I Count In The Anglachau
|                          |        |         \-----Hildegarde Of Swabia, Countess Of Vinzgau
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Hnabi Duke Of Alamannia, Count In The Linzgau
|                          |        |                  \-----Emma
|                          |        |                           \-----Hersuinde
|                           \-----Gisele
|                                   |                           /-----Guelph Duke Of Fruili, Count Of Bavaria
|                                   |                  /-----Ruthardus Duke Of Bavaria
|                                   |         /-----Guelph Count Of Andech And Bavaria
|                                    \-----Judith Of Bavaria
|                                            |         /-----(Unk) Saxon
|                                             \-----Edith (Heilwig) Of Saxony, Abbess Of Chelles
Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor
|                                             /-----Widerkind Duke Of Westphalia
|                                    /-----Wikbert Count In Westphalia
|                                   |        |                  /-----Halfdan Huitbein (White Leg) King Of Solver, Uplansa, And Vestfold
|                                   |        |         /-----Epstein Ruler In The Uplands
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Asa
|                                   |         \-----Geva
|                                   |                 |         /-----Eric Agnarron
|                                   |                  \-----Hild
|                           /-----Walbert Count In The Therwitugas
|                          |         \-----Undrad
|                  /-----(Unk)
|                 |        |                           /-----(Unk) Saxon
|                 |        |                  /-----Eckbert The Loyal Count In Dreini And Ittergaus
|                 |        |         /-----Immed I Count Of West Saxony
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Dietrich The Riparian Count
|                 |        |        |         \-----Ida
|                 |         \-----Altberg
|         /-----Dietrich Count in Westfalen
|        |        |                  /-----(Unk) Saxon
|        |        |         /-----Eckbert The Loyal Count In Dreini And Ittergaus
|        |         \-----Matilda
|        |                 |         /-----Dietrich The Riparian Count
|        |                  \-----Ida
\-----Mechtilde Of Westfalen
          \-----Ragenhilda

Descendants of Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor

1. Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor m1. m2. Eadgyth m3. Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy

2 William Archbishop Of Mainz

m. Eadgyth father: Edward The Elder King Of England mother: Alfflaed

3+ Liudolf Duke Of Swabia m. Ida

4+ Luitgarde m. Conrad The Wise Duke Of Lorraine And Franconia

m. Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy father: Rudolph II King Of Juran Burgundy And Provence mother: Berthia Of Swabia

5 Heinrich

6 Brun

7+ Otto II Holy Roman Emperor m. Theophana

8 Mathilda Abbess Of Quadlingburg

2nd generation

3. Liudolf Duke Of Swabia m. Ida