The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, a hoop crown with a characteristic octagonal shape, was the coronation crown of the Holy Roman Emperor, probably from the late 10th century until the disso
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Charlemagne wearing the Imperial Crown, by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1512, Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. The picture is anachronistic, since the crown was made at least a century and a half after Charlemagne's death, and originally had a simpler form.
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Otto the Great
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Otto I, known as Otto the Great or Otto of Saxony, was East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ring
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…Schatzkammer) at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria. The crown of eight hinged golden plates was probably made in Western Germany for the Imperial coronation of Otto I in 962, with what must be later additions which may have been made for Conrad II (since the arch is inscribed with the name CHVONRADUS). However, some…
Depiction of Otto on his seal in 968 with the inscription OTTO IMP AVG (Otto Imperator Augustus)
Genealogy of the Ottonians from the 13th century Chronica sancti Pantaleonis. Heinricus rex and Methildis regina can be seen in the double circle with Otto directly below them.
The confraternity book of the Abbey of Reichenau records the names of the Ottonian family and their most important helpers from 929. In the second column from the right Heinricus rex and his wife Mathild[e] reg[ina] are listed, then their eldest son Otto rex, already with the title of king.
Side view of the Throne of Charlemagne at Aachen Cathedral, where Otto was crowned King of Germany in 936