Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

955 - 983  (28 years)

• Name	Otto II   [1, 2]
  Suffix	Holy Roman Emperor
  Birth	955	Saxony, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Title	Holy Roman Emperor  [2]
  Death	7 Dec 983	Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
  Person ID	I51	Piast Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 23 Nov 912, East Francia d. 7 May 973, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Adelaide of Italy,   b. 931   d. 16 Dec 999, Seltz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Theophanu Skleraina,   b. Abt. 955, Constantinople, Byzantium d. 15 Jun 991, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands (Age ~ 36 years)
  Children	1. Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim,   b. Abt. 973-974   d. 1045 (Age ~ 71 years)   2. Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim and Essen,   b. Oct 975   d. 1039 (Age ~ 63 years) + 3. Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia,   b. 979, Brauweiler Abbey, Brauweiler, Erftkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. Nov 1025, Echtz, Duren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 46 years)   4. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. Abt. Jul 980   5. unknown daughter
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2025

  
  

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  Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] "Henry the Fowler," Wikipedia, last modified 10 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler. [S48] "Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia," Wikipedia, last modified 20 Jun 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezzo,_Count_Palatine_of_Lotharingia.