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In return, Otto granted Berengar II Italy as his fiefdom and restored the title "King of Italy" to him. The Italian king had to pay an enormous annual tribute and was required to cede the Duchy of Friuli south of the Alps. Otto reorganized this area into the March of Verona and put it under Henry's control as reward for his loyalty.
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 ...
King of Italy: House of Savoy: 3 Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) 29 July 1900 9 May 1946 (Abdicated) 45 years, 284 days King of Italy Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) King of Albania (1939–1943) House of Savoy: 4 Umberto II (1904–1983) 9 May 1946 12 June 1946 : 40 days King of Italy: House of Savoy
King of Italy (Italian: Re d'Italia; Latin: Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer , a barbarian warlord, in the late 5th century, followed by the Ostrogothic kings up to the mid-6th century.
König Otto's Brautfahrt ("King Otto's bridal ride"), a historical-romantic opera in three acts (historisch-romantische Oper in drie Akten) by Adalbert Ueberlée with text by Roderich Fels, is a 1881 work about Otto and Adelaide. [104] Otto der Große is a 1907 opera in three acts by Bernhard Karlipp about the emperor. [105]
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman emperor and King of Italy from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu.
husband's coronation as King of Italy: 4 June 1039 husband's death: 14 February 1043 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor: Agnes de Poitou: William V, Duke of Aquitaine 1025 21 November 1043 5 October 1056 husband's death: 14 December 1077 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor: Bertha of Savoy: Otto, Count of Savoy 21 September 1051 13 July 1066 25 June 1080
Otto II died in 983 at the age of 28 after a ten-year reign. Succeeded by his three-year-old son Otto III as king, his sudden death plunged the Ottonian dynasty into crisis. During her regency for Otto III, Empress Theophanu abandoned her late husband's imperialistic policy and devoted herself entirely to furthering her own agenda in Italy. [1]