Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

955 - 983  (28 years)

• Name	Otto II
  Birth	954 - 955  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Reign	From 961 to 983 (6 years)  [2]
  King of Germany
  Reign	From 973 to 983 (18 years)  [1, 2]
  Holy Roman Emperor
  Death	7 Dec 983	Rome, Lazio, Italy   [1, 3, 4]
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Otto I and Eadgyth )
  + 1. Luitgarde   d. 953 ▻ Conrad, Duke of Lorraine and Franconia,  m. 947 + 2. Liudolf, Duke of Swabia,   b. 930   d. 6 Sep 957  (Age 27 years) ▻ Ita of Swabia,  m. 947
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bruno I, Lord of Brunisbergeby-Hoxter   d. After 775  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Egilwich, Abbess of Challes   d. After 833  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3131	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 23 Nov 912   d. 7 May 973, Memleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Saint Adelaide of Lombardy,   b. 932   d. 16 Dec 999, Seltz, Grand Est, France (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Theophano Skleros,   b. 956   d. 15 Jun 991, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 35 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Marriage	14 Apr 972	Rome, Lazio, Italy   [1, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 17 years and 4 months - She : ~ 16 years and 4 months.
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  1. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 980   d. 1002 (Age 22 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Matilda of Saxony,   b. 981   d. 4 Nov 1025, Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg (Age 44 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lorraine  m. 991
  Family ID	F2527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2020

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor(955 – 983) 2Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor(912 – 973) 4Henry I, Holy Roman Emperor(876 – 936) 8Otto, Duke of Saxony and Count in South Thuringia(845 – 912) 16Ludolph, Duke of Saxony(805 – 864) 17Oda( – 874) 9Hedwige, Princess of Bavaria( – 906) 18Arnulf, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany( – 899) 19Oda of Bavaria 5Saint Mechtilde von Ringelheim(900 – 968) 10Dietrich, Count of Ringelheim(Abt 872 – 917) 20son of the Threkwitigan 21Mathilda, Abbess of Horford 11Reginhilde von Friesland 22Godefrid, King of Haithabu, of Dorestad, and Rustringen 23Gisela of Lorraine( – 907) 3Saint Adelaide of Lombardy(932 – 999) 6Rudolph II, King of Burgundy( – 937) 12Rudolph I, Count, Marquis, and King of Upper Burgundy( – 912) 24Conrad II, Count of Auxerre(825 – 876) 25Waldrada 13Willa of Vienne( – 929) 26Boso II, Count of Vienne, King of Lower Burgundy( – 897) 27Ermengard, Princess of the West(855 – 896) 7Bertha of Swabia( – 966) 14Burkhard II, Duke of Swabia(Abt 885 – 926) 28Burkhard, Count in the Baar, Marquis in Rhaetia, Count in the Berthold-Bar(Abt 865 – 911) 29 15Reginlint of Swabia 30Eberhard, Margrave of Friuli( – 862) 31Gisela, Princess of France(820 – 874)

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 14 Apr 972 - Rome, Lazio, Italy Death - 7 Dec 983 - Rome, Lazio, Italy  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1851] Wolf, Armin. "Who was Agatha, the Ancestress of Scottish and English Kings?", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2011). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947).