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2 unusual facts about King Otto


King Otto

Otto of Bavaria (1848 – 1916), King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913 and nephew of the above

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, (1175 or 1176 – 1218), one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire



see also

Ernst Michael Mangel

Music manuscripts of three triumphal marches of King Otto, are stored in the Bavarian State Library in the city of Munich

Hermann Billung

In 953 both joined the countrywide rebellion started by King Otto's younger brother Duke Liudolf of Swabia, which only collapsed due to the massive invasion of Hungarian forces.

March of Friuli

The conflict was settled at the 952 diet of Augsburg, where Berengar II was allowed to retain the royal title as a German vassal, but had to cede Friuli as the March of Verona to Duke Henry I of Bavaria, brother of King Otto I. On February 2, 962 Otto was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, deposed King Berengar II and had him arrested and exiled one year later.