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unusual facts about Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben



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July 13 – The Kalbids troops of the emir of Sicily defeat the imperial German army of Otto II near Crotone.

Adolph Gottfried Kinau

Born in Aschersleben into a family of ministers and teachers, he studied theology in Halle and Magdeburg from 1833 to 1840.

Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

During the interregnum between the death of Albert I and the confirmation of Albert II, the cathedral chapter had a conflict with Anhalt about the principality of Aschersleben and, almost simultaneously, a feud broke out between the chapter and Counts Albert II and Bernard of Regenstein, who were the patrons of the city of Quedlinburg.

Anastasia of Kiev

On the occasion of her son's coronation, Anastasia presented the alleged sword of Attila the Hun to Duke Otto II of Bavaria who was the leader of the German troops.

Antiphonary of St. Benigne

His plan failed after the catastrophic defeat of his son Otto II near Reggio, but the role of Cluny as a centre for liturgical reforms had increased in Ottonic times.

Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau

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Avar March

When in 976 his son Emperor Otto II raised the vast Bavarian March of Carinthia to a duchy, the remaining marcha orientalis along the Danube emerged as the March of Austria (Ostarrîchi).

Battle of Dessau Bridge

Wallenstein and the Imperial Catholic league marched to Dessau, where Mansfeld and the Protestant army would inevitably try to cross in order to reach Magdeburg and the German Catholic League headquarters in Aschersleben.

Battle of Halle

The Treskow Infantry Regiment was to the northwest at Aschersleben, en route from Magdeburg.

Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty

During this period the Byzantine princess Theophanu, wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, served as regent of the Holy Roman Empire, paving the way for the westward spread of Byzantine culture.

Christa Beran

Edith Hahn took on the identity of Christa Denner, went to Munich and survived the war in Germany working there as a forced labourer of the Plantage Mertens asparagus farm in Osterburg and the Bestehorn company in Aschersleben until she was able to marry a German and settle in Brandenburg an der Havel.

Dietrich I of Metz

He crowned Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine as King of France in Laon in 978; Charles, unsuccessful in gaining recognition subsequently, was supported by Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (a Saxon like Dietrich, and a relation).

Edith Hahn Beer

They were separated in April 1941, when Hahn was sent to an asparagus plantation in Osterburg, Germany and then to the Bestehorn box factory in Aschersleben.

Egeno II of Konradsburg

Around 1080 (after 1076, before 1083) Egeno II killed Count Adalbert II of Ballenstedt from the House of Ascania at Westdorf near Aschersleben.

Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

title=Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau

Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

title=Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
with George II (until 1509)
and Sigismund III (until 1487)

Friedrichsaue

The village lies approximately 18 km north-west of Aschersleben.

Goeze

Johann August Ephraim Goeze, (1731–1793), a German zoologist from Aschersleben.

Gottfried August Bürger

At the age of twelve, Bürger was practically adopted by his maternal grandfather, Bauer, at Aschersleben, who sent him to the Pädagogium at Halle.

Henry I, Count of Anhalt

Before his death, Henry divided Anhalt between his sons: Henry inherited Aschersleben, Bernhard received Bernburg, and Siegfried took Zerbst.

Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben

Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben (1215 – 12 June 1266) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben.

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History of Saxony

Otto I was followed as king and emperor by his son Otto II (973-983), who was succeeded by his son Otto III (983-1002); both the kings last mentioned vainly endeavoured to establish German authority in Italy.

House of Ascania

The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, Schloss Askanien, which is located near and named after Aschersleben.

Johann August Ephraim Goeze

Johann August Ephraim Goeze (28 May 1731—27 June 1793) was a German zoologist from Aschersleben.

John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

He also inherited his family's claim on Aschersleben, which had been controlled by Brandenburg-Prussia since 1648.

John II, Duke of Bavaria

Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

Konradsburg

After 1120, the Konradsburgs left this fortified hill spur, which lies about 3 kilometres south of Ermsleben and about eight kilometres west of Aschersleben, built Falkenstein Castle in the Selke valley and called themselves Falkensteins from 1142.

Kyffhäuser

A Kaiserpfalz at Tilleda is attested by the 972 marriage certificate of Emperor Otto II and Empress Theophanu.

Langenstein-Zwieberge

With this in mind, the Junkers firm arranged a small camp of three huts inside the large camp in edge of the place of call to place there deportees specialists, 869 people, arrivals of Kommandos of Halberstadt, Aschersleben, Langensalza, and Niederorschel.

Lilo Ramdohr

Ramdohr was a descendant of a merchant family from Aschersleben.

Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein

There, on 4 October 1828, he married the Countess Luise von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (born 21 November 1800; died 22 January 1835 in Aschersleben), who was the daughter of Prince (after 1803) Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt, Herzog von Trachenberg (1756–1827), royal Prussian ambassador in Vienna, and Friederike Karoline Countess of Schulenburg-Kehnert (1779–1832).

Mehringen

Since 1 January 2008, it has been part of the town of Aschersleben.

Neo Rauch

He grew up with his grandparents in Aschersleben and passed his exam at the Thomas-Müntzer-Oberschule (now Gymnasium Stephaneum).

Otto II, Count of Waldeck

After Archbishop Gerlach of Mainz and Landgrave Hesse had taken the larger part of the Lordship of Itter in 1357, Gerlach mortgated his share to Otto II for 1000 Marks carat silver.

Otto II, Count of Zutphen

Otto II, Count of Zutphen was a Dutch nobleman from the early 12th century.

Henry II, Count of Zutphen (died before 1134) married Mathilde of Beichlingen, daughter of Kuno, Count of Beichlingen and Kunigunde of Weimar.

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen

He succeeded in 1407, together with the City of Göttingen 1407, to storm the castle at Jühnde, and he also forced the Lords of Adelebsen, Hardenberg and Schwicheldt to respect the peace.

Seesen and Gandersheim were separated from Brunswick-Göttingen and attached to Henry's part of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

His territory was even extended with neighbouring Moisburg.

Otto II, Margrave of Meissen

Through Dietrich, he is a direct patrilineal ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, King Albert II of Belgium and Simeon II of Bulgaria.

Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben

Henry II the Fat, the eldest son of Henry I, had been co-ruler of his father since 1244.

When in 1315 Henry's grandson Otto II died without male heirs, the principality — including the capital of Aschersleben — was seized as a fief by his cousin and creditor Bishop Albert of Halberstadt.

In the course of the partition he chose the Anhalt ancestral homeland north of the Harz mountains around the Ascanian residence of Aschersleben (Ascharia), which he granted town privileges in 1266.

Stara Loka

It is one of the oldest Slovene settlements first mentioned in documents concerning the lands Emperor Otto II granted to Bishop Abraham of Freising in the Duchy of Bavaria, dating to 973 AD.

Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem

St. Judoc's Church was first mentioned in documents relating to the bequest of land by Emperor Otto II to the Bishops of Freising in 973.

Wiesenburg–Roßlau railway

Passenger services in the 1970s and 1980s included express trains on the RostockPotsdamKarl-Marx-Stadt and on the Berlin–Belzig–Dessau–Aschersleben routes.


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