Otto the Great

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973
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Otto I the Great (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was succeeded by his son Otto II. He won a big war against the Magyars (Hungarians) and later conquered northern Italy.

Otto’s seal (968)
Otto I and Berengar

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