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Otto IV of Brunswick, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto IV of Brunswick, Holy Roman Emperor[1]

Male Abt 1183 - 1218  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Otto IV of Brunswick  
    Suffix Holy Roman Emperor 
    Birth Abt 1183 
    Gender Male 
    Acceded 12 Jul 1198 
    Holy Roman Empire 
    • was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on.
    Coronation 12 Jul 1198  Aachen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    King of the Romans 
    • King of the Romans Reign 1198\endash 1209
    Acceded 1208 
    King of Burgundy 
    • King of Burgundy Reign 1208\endash 1215
    Acceded 1208 
    King of Italy 
    • King of Italy Reign 1208\endash 1212
    Coronation 21 Oct 1209  Rome Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Holy Roman Emperor 
    • 21 October 1209, Rome
      Reign 1209\endash 1215
    excommunicated 1215 
    • he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1215.
    Death 19 May 1218 
    Notes 
    Person ID I8548  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2013 

    Father Henry the Lion of Saxony, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria,   b. 1129   d. 6 Aug 1195 (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet,   b. Jun 1156, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1189, Brunswick, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage 1 Feb 1168  Minden Cathedral, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Beatrice of Swabia Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Empress and German Queen,   b. 1198   d. 11 Aug 1212 (Age 14 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jul 1212  Nordhausen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • They were married in Nordhausen on 22 July 1212. The bride was fourteen years old and the groom about thirty-seven. However Beatrice soon fell sick and died only nineteen days after the marriage. She was childless at the time of her death.
    Family ID F13608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2013 

    Family 2 Mary of Brabant,   b. Abt 1191   d. Aft 9 Mar 1260 (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Aft 19 May 1214  Maastricht Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2013 

  • Photos
    Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
    Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
    19th Century impression of Otto IV
    Coat of arms of Otto IV
    Coat of arms of Otto IV

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).