Otto the Great
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Depiction of Otto I on his seal in 968
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign2 February 962 – 7 May 973
Coronation2 February 962
Rome
PredecessorBerengar of Friuli
SuccessorOtto II
King of Italy
Reign25 December 961 – 7 May 973
Coronation10 October 951
Pavia
PredecessorBerengar II
SuccessorOtto II
King of East Francia (Kingdom of Germany)
Reign2 July 936 – 7 May 973
Coronation7 August 936
Aachen Cathedral
PredecessorHenry the Fowler
SuccessorOtto II
Duke of Saxony
Reign2 July 936 – 7 May 973
PredecessorHenry the Fowler
SuccessorBernard I
Born23 November 912
possibly Wallhausen, East Francia
Died7 May 973(973-05-07)(aged 60)
Memleben, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Magdeburg Cathedral
SpouseEadgyth of England (930–946)
Adelaide of Italy (951–973)
IssueWilliam, Archbishop of Mainz
Liutgarde of Saxony
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
DynastyOttonian
FatherHenry the Fowler
MotherMatilda
Signum manusOtto the Great's signature