Born ‎ 955 at Saxony, Germany, died ‎ Dec 7, 983 at Rome, Italy; 3‎, 27 or 28 years, buried ‎ at Church of St, Peter, Rome, Italy; Quality: 3
Name: Otto II King of Italy Emperor of West
Given Name: Otto II King of Italy
NSFX: Emperor of West
Sex: M
Birth: 0955 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
Death: 7 Dec 0983 in Rome, Italy
Reference Number: Foster,Bur
_UID: C913C999206BD64D8E5CFC893BA2C2FEF877
Note:
!Holy Roman emperor (967-83), king of Germany (961-83). Ruled jointly with his father Otto I from 967-973. In 976 he suppressed a rebellion led by his cousin Henry II, duke of Bavaria (951-95). Two years later, having been attacked by Lothair, king of France (941-86), Otto drove the French out of Lorraine but was unsuccessful in besieging Paris. Later Lothair renounced Lorraine, and peace
was established. Otto next invaded southern Italy, gaining possession of Naples, Salerno, and Taranto, but he was overwhelmingly defeated by the Greeks and Saracens at Cotrone in 982. He died in Rome while planning a second invasion. [Funk & Wagnalls]

FOSTER, BURR, NEWLIN, WAITE LINES - 30th ggrandfather

!His aim was to weld together Italy and Germany and to make Imperial power a reality. First idea of a Crusade in his reign. [Leaders & Landmarks, Vol. II, p. 234]

!In 973, when Otto II became emperor of Germany, King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark prepared himself for war in order to resist the emperor's claim to sovereignty over Denmakr, and in 975 he order Earl Haakon of Norway to come to his aid with all the forces it was possible to raise. [WBH - Norway, p. 46]

!At the beginning of his reign, Harald Bluetooth made some raids on Holstein. This was a mistake. Otto drew together a big army, including Saxons, Franks, Frisians, even Wends, and advanced upon Hedeby and the ramparts of the Danevirke. Harald involked his rights with jarl Hakon, who came swiftly south with his Norwegians and manned a portion of the walls. Norse poetry and saga record their unbreakable defense, but the contemporary German chroniclers seem not to have heard of it. What they record is that the emperor broke through the Danevirke, pursued his enemies far into Jutland, imposed his own terms of peace, and built a fortress to secure the mark of markch established almost 50 years earlier by Henry the Fowler. In addition we may conclude that it was
under German pressure that king Harald now took steps to evangelize Norway. In the 980s the emperor Otto was involved on behalf of Christendom against the Saracens in Italy, and in 982 was severely defeated at Cap Colonne in Calabria. Harald Bluetooth took advantage of the opportunity and sent his son Svein Forkbeard who captured and destroyed Otto's fortress in Slesvig and drove the Germans south. [A History of the Vikings, pp. 128-9]

Emperor of the West, 973-83; King of Italy, 973; b. 955, d. 983; son of Otto I the Great and St. Adelaide of Burgundy; m.2 Theophano Skieros of Byzantium; father of Matilda of Saxony who m. Ezzo, count Palatine of Lorraine. [Royalty for Commoners, Line 237, p. 121]

Son of Otto I Holy Roman Emperor and Adeheild, Princess of Burgundy/Empress of the HRE; m. Theophano Byzantine; father of:
1. Mathilde Saxony who m. Ezzo Palatinate-Lorraine
2. Uthildis of Saxony who m. ?? de Holland
3. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
[Charity Wilson-Hansberry 1 2 3 4 5
Change Date: 21 Mar 2003 at 20:25:57

Father: Otto I the Great Emperor of West b: 23 Nov 0912 in of Saxony, Germany
Mother: Adelaide of BURGUNDY Queen of Lombardy b: 0931 in of Burgundy, France

Marriage 1 Theophano SKLEROS b: 0950 in Constantinople, Turkey
Married: 14 Apr 0972 in Rome,,,Italy
Children
Utildis of SAXONY b: ABT 0973 in Saxony, Germany
Otto III of SAXONY Holy Roman Emperor b: 0980 in Kessel, Germany
Mathilda of SAXONY Princess of Germany b: 0981 in Saxony, Germany

Marriage 2 Theophana (Skleros) PHOKAS b: ABT 0956 in Constantinople, Turkey
Married: in Constantinople, Turkey

Sources:
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Author: Bram, Leon L. V.P. and Ed. Dir.; Dickey, Norma H. Editor-in-Chief
Publication: Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1986
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: Leaders & Landmarks in European History, Volume II: The Middle Ages
Author: Moncrieff, A.R. Hope; Chaytor, The Rev. H.J., M.A..
Publication: The Gresham Publishing Company, London, 1913
Page: p. 234
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: World's Best Histories: Norway
Author: Sorensen, Sigvart
Publication: The Co-operative Publication Society, New York and London, 1899
Page: p. 46
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: A History of the Vikings
Author: Jones, Gwyn
Publication: Oxford University Press, New York and Toronto, 1968
Page: pp. 128-9
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: Royalty for Commoners, Revised Second Edition
Author: Stuart, Roderick W.
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995
Page: p. 121
Glick/Foster Ancestry at Rootsweb.com

Born ‎± ABT. 958 at Constantinople, Turkey, died ‎ Jun 15, 991 at Nymwagen‎, approximately 33 years
Name: Theophano Princess of Bysantium 1 2
Sex: F
Name: Theophanu Skleros 3
Birth: ABT 958 in Byzantine Empire 4
Birth: 956 in Constantinopl, Turkey 3
Death: 15 JUN 991 3 5

Father: Romanus II Emperor of Byzantine Empire b: 939 in Constantinople, Turkey
Mother: Theophano of Byzantium b: 941 in Constantinople, Turkey

Marriage 1 Otto II King of Germany Holy Roman Emperor b: 955 in Saxony, Germany
Married: 14 APR 972 3
Married: 14 APR 972 in 2nd wife 6 7 2
Children
Adelaide of Quedlinburg b: 977
Matilda Princess of Germany b: 978 in Saxony, Germany
Sophia of Gandersheim b: 978
Otto III of Saxony b: JUL 980

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Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
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Media: Book
Page: Otto II
Text: On April 14, 972, he married the Byzantine princess Theophano. Note line 147-20 of Ancestral Roots has a footnote that she is probably dau of Leo Phokas. I don't know if that makes her a "Princess". Note that Romanus's wife is also Theophano which fits with this relationship supported by others in rootsweb.
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Jim Weber
Publication: ancestry.com
Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources.
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Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com
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Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Oct 15, 2002
Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science
Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University
Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
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Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
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Media: Electronic
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed.
Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Publication: 1999
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Media: Book
Page: 147-20
Text: 956/60
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed.
Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Publication: 1999
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Media: Book
Page: 147-20
Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1993 edition
Author: Turton, William H.
Publication: Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1928 (1993 edition)
Repository:
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Media: Book
Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
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Media: Book
Page: Otto II
Name: Theophano SKLEROS
Surname: Skleros
Given Name: Theophano
Sex: F
Birth: 0950 in Constantinople, Turkey
Death: 15 Sep 0991 in Nymwagen
Reference Number: Foster,Bur
_UID: 3A5259A692FA6D469AE12C375A040A95A537
Note:
Dau. of Konstantin Skleros and Sophia Phokas; m. Otto II, Emperor of the West/King of Italy. [Royalty for Commoners, Line 322, p. 159]

FOSTER, BURR, NEWLIN, WAITE LINES - 30th ggrandmother

!Brought Byzantine refinement and culture to the German court. [Funk & Wagnalls]

b. 956, d. 991; m. Otto II, Emperor of the West/King of Italy; mother of Matilda of Saxony who m. Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lorraine. [Royalty for Commoners, Line 237, p. 121]
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Change Date: 21 Mar 2003 at 20:29:38

Father: Konstantin SKLEROS Patrician b: ABT 0920 in Constantinople
Mother: Sophia PHOKOS b: ABT 0936

Marriage 1 Otto II King of Italy Emperor of West b: 0955 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
Married: 14 Apr 0972 in Rome,,,Italy
Children
Utildis of SAXONY b: ABT 0973 in Saxony, Germany
Otto III of SAXONY Holy Roman Emperor b: 0980 in Kessel, Germany
Mathilda of SAXONY Princess of Germany b: 0981 in Saxony, Germany

Sources:
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: Royalty for Commoners, Revised Second Edition
Author: Stuart, Roderick W.
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995
Page: p. 159
Repository:
Name: Cheryl Varner Library

Title: Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees 100
Author: Automated Archives, Inc.
Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994
From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com