Ruler · Early Middle Ages · Germany
Otto I
912–973
King of Germany from 936 and emperor from 962 to his death in 973, born in 912, founder of the Holy Roman Empire. He crushed the Magyars at the Lechfeld in 955, ending their raids into Europe. Crowned by the pope in Rome, he bound the German church to the crown and made the empire the leading power of the west.
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- Born
- 912.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto I
- Died
- 973, Memleben.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto I
- Reign
- King 936 to 973; emperor 962 to 973.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto I
- Realm
- Germany and northern Italy, as the Holy Roman Empire.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto I
- Known for
- The Lechfeld (955) and the imperial coronation of 962.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto I
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