Otto I the Great was born in 912, son of
Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Saint
Matilda of Ringelheim. Otto was Duke of
Saxony, King of
Germany and Emperor of the
Holy Roman Empire, which he is considered to have founded.
In 955 Otto defeated the Magyars? at the [Battle of Lechfeld]?, near Augsburg?. This stopped their expansion into central Europe.
coronation as emperor
Descendents
In 929 Otto married
Eadgyth (Edith). Their children were
Liudolf of Swabia, duke of Swabia born 930 and Liutgard of Saxony. In 951 he married a second time,
Adelaide of Italy, by whom he had [Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg]
?, born about 954, and
Otto II of Saxony, emperor, born 955. Otto had at least one child outside legitimate marriage,
William, Archbishop of Mainz, his son by unnamed Slav mother.
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