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‎Between 813 and 840;

Louis I 'the Pious' of France was recorded as "Emperor"

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man Otto I 'the Great' of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Italy, King of Germany‏‎ 1) 2) 3) 4)
Born ‎23 Nov 912‎ 1)
Died ‎7 May 973 Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany‎, 60 years 1) 5) 6)

Notes: Thietmar identifies Conrad as his son-in-law.

Married ‎± 927 7) 8) (approximately 19 years married)
to:

woman Eadgyth of England‏‎
Died ‎26 Jan 946 7) 9) 8)

Notes: Eadgyth is identified as the daughter of Edmund, King of England, by Thietmar: "Otto, greatest of the sceptre bearers, ordered the consecration of his wife, Edith, the God-fearing daughter of King Edmund of England whom he had married during his father’s
lifetime." This is a mistake, given earlier correct identifications in other sources.

Child:

1.
woman Liutgarde of Saxony‏ 4)
Born ‎931
Died ‎18 Nov 953‎, 21 or 22 years


2nd marriage
man Otto I 'the Great' of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Italy, King of Germany‏‎ 1) 2) 3) 4)


Married ‎951 1) 10) (21 or 22 years married)
to:

woman Adelaide of Italy, Saint‏‎ 3)
Born ‎931
Died ‎17 Dec 999‎, 67 or 68 years 11)

Child:

1.
man Otto II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor‏ 12)
Born ‎955
Died ‎7 Dec 983 Rome, Italy‎, 27 or 28 years 13) 14)

Sources

1) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/otto0001.htm. Reference: Otto I the Great (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Then, he learned of the death of Duke Conrad, his son-in-law and an illustriousman of arms.". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 10 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "On the feast of the birth of the Lord, the emperor’s like-named son, Otto, offspring of the venerable Adelheid, was made emperor at Rome". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 15 (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Because I have not already mentioned it, I will briefly explain who that Duke Otto was. The offspring of Duke Conrad and Luidgard, the daughter of Otto the Great". Reference: Book 5, Chapter 25 (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "In the year of the Lord’s incarnation 930. Otto, son of Emperor Henry, married Edith, daughter of the king of the English." (Data from secondary evidence)
6) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "... he absolved his debt to nature on 7 May, in the thirty-eighth year after his consecration". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 43 (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/edwar001.htm. Reference: Eadweard (Edward) "the Elder"
8) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg " She was with her husband for nineteen years and died in the eleventh year of his reign on 26 January,". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 3
9) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "In the year of the Lord’s incarnation 947, the lady Queen Edith died." (Questionable reliability of evidence)
10) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "...Berengar invaded the kingdom of Louis and, after capturing his widow... Our king, hearing of her beauty and laudable reputation, pretended that he was going to Rome... After winning her favour with gifts, he convinced her to agree to his request". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 5
11) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Meanwhile, Empress Adelheid built up the fortress called Selz and after monks had been gathered there and everything was completed, she happily sought her heavenly homeland on 17 December of the same year.". Reference: Book 4, Chapter 43 (Data from secondary evidence)
12) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Mathilda, the emperor’s [Otto III] sister, married Ezzo who was the son of Herman, the count palatine.". Reference: Book 4, Chapter 60 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
13) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "In the year of the Lord’s incarnation 984. Emperor Otto II died in Rome" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
14) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "... he obtained the absolution he desired and departed from this light on 7 December". Reference: Book 3, Chapter 25 (Data from secondary evidence)