Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 973 to 983 and King of Italy from 980 to 983
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Updated 2026-06-08
He inherited the most powerful throne in Europe at eighteen, held it through a family civil war, then gambled everything on conquering Italy — and lost to Muslim forces in a rout that unraveled the eastern frontier. Dead at twenty-eight, leaving a three-year-old heir and an empire in crisis.
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Otto II was born in 955, the youngest and only surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. His father made him joint-ruler of Germany at six and co-Emperor at twelve to lock in the succession, then arranged his marriage to the Byzantine princess Theophanu. When Otto the Great died in 973 after thirty-seven years, Otto II took absolute power at eighteen without contest. Early on he crushed a revolt from rival branches of the Ottonian dynasty claiming the throne, a victory that let him cut the Bavarian line out of succession and secure the crown for his own son. From 980 he turned sou…
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