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. |
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