Ottonian

Ottonian dynasty is a name sometimes given to a ruling dynasty of German kings, sometimes regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, (though Charlemagne is commonly viewed as the original founder.) Also known as the Saxon dynasty. Although never Emperor, Henry I the Fowler, Duke of Saxony, was arguably the founder of the dynasty, since his election as German king made it possible for his son, Otto the Great to take on the imperium. The family itself is also sometimes known as the Liudolfings, after its earliest known member Liudolf and one of its primary leading-names.

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Some famous members of the Liudolfing or Ottonian House:

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• Liudolf, Count of Saxony, died 864/866
• Saint Altfrid, Bishop of Hildesheim, died 874
• Brun, Duke of Saxony, died 880
• Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, died 912
• Henry I the Fowler, King of the Germans and Duke of Saxony, died 936
• Gerberge of Saxony, died 954
• Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, died 955
• Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, died 957
• Hedwige of Saxony, died 965
• Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia, died 965
• William, Archbishop of Mainz, died 968
• Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Saxony, died 973
• Otto, Duke of Swabia and Bavaria, died 982
• Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, died 983
• Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, the Wrangler, died 995
• Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, died 1002
• Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, died 1024
• Bruno, Bishop of Augsburg, died 1029

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