Otto II

Otto II of Saxony was born in 955, died 983. He was the son of emperor Otto I the Great and Saint Adelaide of Italy.

In 972 Otto II married Theophanu Skleros of Byzantium.

Upon the death of his father in 973, Otto II acceeded as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Otto II and Theophanu had three daughters:

Sophia, Abbess of Gandersheim born 978

Adelaide, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born 977 and

Matilda of Saxony, Princess, born 978

They had a son Otto III of Saxony, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 980.