Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

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• Holy Roman Emperor Reign 25. December 967 – 7. December 983
• King of Germany(formally King of the Franks) Reign 26. May 961– 7.December 983
• King of Italy(formally King of the Lombards) Reign 980-7. December 983

Predecessor: Otto I Successor: Otto III

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BIOGRAPHY: b. 955

d. Dec. 7, 983, Rome

German king from 961 and Holy Roman emperor from 967, sole ruler from 973, son of Otto I and his second wife, Adelaide.

Otto continued his father's policies of promoting a strong monarchy in Germany and of extending the influence of his house in Italy. In 961 he was crowned co-regent king of Italy and Germany with his father and was made co-regent emperor in 967. On April 14, 972, he married the Byzantine princess Theophano. At his father's death in 973 he was accepted without opposition as successor, although revolts in the duchy of Bavaria and in Lorraine occupied the early years of his reign. Bavaria, the most independent of the duchies, rebelled in 974, under the leadership of its duke, Henry II the Quarrelsome, Otto's cousin. It was not until 978 that Bavaria was pacified, the same year that Lothair, king of France, invaded Lorraine. In 979 Otto received the submission of Bohemia and Poland, and in 980 Lothair renounced his claim to Lorraine. Having thus secured his German dominions, Otto marched into Italy in 980, where German rule had been maintained by an imperial party headed by Hugh, marquis of Tuscany. Otto invaded southern Italy and was decisively defeated there by the Arabs in 982. In 983 he summoned a diet at Verona, where his young son, Otto III, was crowned German king. Otto II died in 983 while attempting to bring Venice under imperial control. His absence from Germany had occasioned revolts along its borders, and after his defeat in Calabria in 982 the German position east of the Elbe collapsed because of a revolt by the Danes and an invasion by the Slavs. Nonetheless, Otto left a firmly established realm to his son and successor Otto III.

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6. OTTO (end 955-Rome 7 Dec 983, bur Rome St Peter's[292]). Regino records the birth of "Otto filius regis" at the end of 955[293]. "Ottone fratre [Machtild unica filia…patre Otto imperatore et matre Athelheida imperiatrice]" was recorded by Annalista Saxo[294]. He was elected associate King of Germany at Worms and crowned at Aachen 26 May 961. He was crowned associate Emperor 25 Dec 967 at Rome[295]. He was elected OTTO II "Rufus"[296] King of Germany at Worms early May 973, crowned at Aachen 26 May 973... ... ...

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Leo: The Normans in Sicily , Norwich, John Julius, Reference: Biographical details.

Leo: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.), Reference: 1.1 10.

Leo: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von, Reference: Page 3.

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• Nederlands: Otto II, Rooms-Duits koning en keizer
• Portugues: Otão II, imperador Romano-Germânico
• Russian: Отто́н II, император Священной Римской империи
• Bulgarian: Ото II, император на Свещената Римска Империя ("Лиудолфинг , Рижия")
• Dansk: Otto 2. Kejser af Det Tysk-Romerske Rige
• Espanol: Otón II, emperador del Sacro Imperio ("el Rojo")
• Svenska: Otto II, tysk-romersk kejsare

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