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| 0930 | Marriage |  |
| Marries Edith, daughter of Edward the Elder
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| 0936 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Germany
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| 0939 | Battle of Andernach | |
| Andernach Defeats Eberhard of Franconia & other rebellious Dukes
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| Andernach Victory helps realise ambition to rule all of Germany
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| 0939 | Rule of Germany | |
| Consolidates his power by defeating Thankmar
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| 0941 | Rule of Germany | |
| Consolidates his power by defeating his brother Henry
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| 0947 | Battle of Wells | |
| Wells Defeated by Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
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| 0947 | Capture | |
| Bavaria Combines diplomacy & military action to win control of Bavaria
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| 0950 | Rule of Bohemia | |
| Bohemia Defeats Duke Boleslav & forces him to accept his suzerainty
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| 0951 | Marriage | |
| Marries Adelaide, Queen of Lombardy
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| 0951 | Rule of Italy | |
| Succeeds as King of Italy
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| 0954 | Invasion of Germany | |
| Worms Conrad of Lorraine, in rebellion against Otto I, helps the Magyars across the Rhine
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| 0955 | Battle of Lechfeld | |
| 10th Aug Lechfield 50,000 Magyars invade Bavaria but are defeated by Otto when they besiege Augsburg
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| 10th Aug Lechfield Defeats the Hungarians & ends their raids across Europe
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| 10th Aug Lechfield Otto's victory ends the Magyar's invasion of German states
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| 0955 | Battle of Rechnitz | |
| 10th Aug Rechnitz Defeats the Magyars & Slavs during their Invasion of Germany
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| 0955 | Coronation | |
| Crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII
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| 0955 | Invasion of Bavaria | |
| 10th Aug Bavaria 50,000 Magyars invade Bavaria but are defeated by Otto when they besiege Augsburg
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| 0955 | Siege of Augsburg | |
| 10th Aug Augsburg 50,000 Magyars invade Bavaria but are defeated by Otto I when they besiege Augsburg
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| 0961 | Defeat | |
| Defeats Berengar II
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| 0962 | Coronation | |
| 2nd Feb Crowned Emperor by Pope John XII in Rome, revives the Empire of Charlamagne
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| 0963 | Abdication | |
| Deposed by Pope John XII
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| 0963 | Assassination | |
| Killed by Otto I who stops Berengar marrying Adelaide & marries her himself
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| 0963 | Marriage | |
| Marries Adelaide
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| 0966 | Invasion of Italy | |
| Launches his 3rd invasion of Italy
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| 0967 | Coronation | |
| Restored as Emperor, his son Otto is also crowned as joint Emperor
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| 0972 | Capture | |
| Otto II completes the capture of Rome where Benedict V had deposed Leo VIII
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| Rome Otto II completes the capture of Rome where Benedict V had deposed Leo VIII
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| 0972 | Defeat | |
| Drives the Byzantines & Saracens out of sth Italy
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| 0972 | Pope | |
| Appoints John XIII Pope
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| 0973 | Rule of East Mark | |
| East Mark Grants sovereignty over the East Mark to the House of Babenburg
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| East Mark Re-founds the East Mark, Austria, as a barrier against the Magyars
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| 0973 | Rule of Poland | |
| Warsaw Boleslas I accepts the suzerainty of Otto I
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| 0976 | Succession | |
| Bavaria Succeeds as Duke of Bavaria
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