Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Otto II, called the Red, was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, he was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.
Portrait of Otto II on the Registrum Gregorii illuminated manuscript, c. 985.
Otto II (left) and Theophano anointed as Emperor and Empress
Otto II, from a series of Holy Roman emperors (12th and 13th centuries); the panels are now set into Gothic windows, Strasbourg Cathedral
The Duchy of Carinthia (orange) was created by Otto II from confiscated territory of the Duchy of Bavaria (purple)
Adelaide of Italy
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Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the firs
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
…Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, he was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. Otto II was made joint-ruler of Germany in 961, at an early age, and his father named him co-Emperor in 967 to secure his succession to the throne…
Sainte Adélaïde Église de Toury, vitraux par Lorin
Statues of Adelaide and her second spouse Otto I, the donors of Meissen Cathedral
Chapel of St. Adelaide, Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz
Relic attributed to St. Adelaide