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Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (German: der Rote), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.
Otto II (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), called the Illustrious (German: der Erlauchte), was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1228. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. [1] The poet Reinbot von Dürne was active at his court.
Otto II (1065 – after 1131), Count of Chiny, son of Arnold I, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs. He succeeded his father in 1106 and completed the construction of the Abbey of Orval that his father had started in 1070, installing the canons in 1124. The installation of a Cistercian community in Orval in 1131 marked his last appearance in any ...
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]
Otto II’s forces suffered a surprising defeat at the gates of Wiglesdor near the Dannevirke, a Danish fortification, in 974. Following the defeat, the Norwegian forces withdrew, leaving the Danes to defend their territory. Seizing the opportunity to retaliate, Otto II launched another campaign against Harald's forces the following year.
Otto had sent his nephew Duke Otto I of Swabia and Bavaria north to Germany to deliver the news of the battle at Stilo, but the Duke perished en route. Nevertheless, word did travel, reaching as far as Wessex—a testament to the magnitude of the disaster. Ultimately, Otto would die the next year before being able to resume the campaign in ...
Written in Latin, the document was created after the marriage of Theophanu to Emperor Otto II in 972, which made her the empress of the Holy Roman Empire. The document was prepared by Otto II and exemplifies an instance of political and cultural contact between the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
Ida of Chiny, daughter of Otto II, married Godfrey I the Bearded, Count of Louvain (whose ancestor murdered her great-grandfather), and was the mother of Adeliza, Queen Consort of England, wife of Henry Beauclearc. Albero II, Bishop of Liège (1135–1145), son of Otto II. Arnulf of Chiny-Verdun, Bishop of Verdun (1172-1181), son of Albert I.