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Europe shortly after Otto's reign. The Hungarians (orange), located to the east of Otto's realm (blue), invaded Germany in 954 and 955. The Hungarians (Magyars) invaded Otto's domain as part of the larger Hungarian invasions of Europe and ravaged much of Southern Germany during Liudolf's civil war.
Otto III in the grave of Charlemagne by Alfred Rethel (1847). akg-images. The legend of Otto and the ghost of Charlemagne: According to legend, when opening Charlemagne's tomb, Otto saw his apparition, who told him that "Young and without heirs shalt thou depart from this world".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. King of the Franks, first Holy Roman Emperor For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne A denarius of Charlemagne dated c. 812–814 with the inscription KAROLVS IMP AVG (Karolus Imperator Augustus) King of the Franks Reign 9 October 768 – 28 January 814 Coronation ...
Since Charlemagne, the realm was merely referred to as the Roman Empire. [35] The term sacrum ("holy", in the sense of "consecrated") in connection with the medieval Roman Empire was used beginning in 1157 under Frederick I Barbarossa ("Holy Empire"): the term was added to reflect Frederick's ambition to dominate Italy and the Papacy. [36]
In 951, King Otto I of Germany, already married to Queen Adelaide of Italy, invaded the kingdom and proclaimed himself king. [4] Otto defeated the previous king and conquered Pavia in 961, and then continued on to Rome, where he had himself crowned emperor in 962. The union of the crowns of Italy and Germany with that of the so-called "Empire ...
Battle of Lechtfeld (955) by Michael Echter, 1860.. Otto I, also called Otto the Great, is seen by many as one of the greatest medieval rulers. [1] His name is usually associated with the foundation [2] (or consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, depending on the sources, although the modern vỉew generally considers Otto, rather than his father Henry the Fowler or Charlemagne, as the founder ...
Statue of Charlemagne in front of Aachen's city hall. The site of Aachen was chosen by Charlemagne after careful consideration in a key moment of his reign. [4] Since his advent as King of the Franks, Charlemagne had led numerous military expeditions that had both filled his treasury and enlarged his realm, most notably towards the East.
Otto II the Red (Otto II. der Rote) 26 May 961 25 December 967 7 December 983 Son of Otto I; Otto by the grace of God King [13] under his father 961–973; also crowned emperor in his father's lifetime Otto III (Otto III.) 25 December 983 21 May 996 21 January 1002 Son of Otto II; Otto by the grace of God King [13] Henry II the Saint (Heinrich ...