POLITICIAN

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

912 - 973

Photo of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Icon of person Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great (German: Otto der Große Italian: Ottone il Grande) or Otto of Saxony (German: Otto von Sachsen Italian: Ottone di Sassonia), was East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim. Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and the kingship of the Germans upon his father's death in 936. He continued his father's work of unifying all German tribes into a single kingdom and greatly expanded the king's powers at the expense of the aristocracy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor is the 136th most popular politician (up from 137th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Germany (up from 44th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Politician.

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, is most famous for being the first Holy Roman Emperor to rule over both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 136 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Selim I, Ferdinand Marcos, Ashoka, Napoleon III, and Al Gore. After him are Ivan the Terrible, Boris Yeltsin, Heinrich Himmler, Tiberius, Harald Hardrada, and George W. Bush.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 912, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Nikephoros II Phokas, Hyejong of Goryeo, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, and Pelagius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 973, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Guntram the Rich, Ulrich of Augsburg, Hermann Billung, Guo Zongxun, and Burchard III, Duke of Swabia.

Others Born in 912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 973

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 36 out of 7,253. Before him are Angela Merkel (1954), Max Planck (1858), Bernhard Riemann (1826), Anne Frank (1929), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), and Hermann Hesse (1877). After him are Martin Heidegger (1889), Karl Dönitz (1891), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Robert Schumann (1810), and Josef Mengele (1911).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 9. Before him are Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Henry Kissinger (1923), Frederick the Great (1712), Angela Merkel (1954), and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368). After him are Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), William I, German Emperor (1797), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), and Konrad Adenauer (1876).

German born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous