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	Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Otto II Otto II (955 – December 7, 983, Rome), was the third German ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty.
		Otto was named co-regent king of Italy and Germany with his father Otto I in 961 and became co-emperor in 967.
		Henry II of Bavaria revolted in 974 and was not pacified until 978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otto_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (254 words)

	OTTO IV. - LoveToKnow Article on OTTO IV.
		Ottos mental gifts were considerable, and were so carefully cultivated by Bernward, afterwards bishop of Hildesheim, and by Gerbert of Aurillac, archbishop of Reims, that he was called the wonder of the world.
		The mystic erratic temperament of Otto, alternating between the most magnificent scheires of empire, and the lowest depths of self-debasement, was not conducive to the welfare of his dominions, and during his reign the conditions of Germany deteriorated.
		This support was purchased by a capitulation signed by Otto at Neuss, which ratified the independence and decided the boundaries of the States of the Church, and was the first authentic basis for the practical authority of the pope in central Italy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OT/OTTO_IV_.htm (2454 words)

	Theophanu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Theophanu and Otto were married on April 14, 972 and she was crowned the same day in Rome.
		It is known she was frequently at odds with her mother-in-law, Adelaide of Italy, and this caused an estrangement between Otto II and Adelaide.
		Otto II died suddenly on December 7, 983 and was buried in Rome.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Theophanu (500 words)

	OTTO II. - LoveToKnow Article on OTTO II.
		After suppressing a rising in Lorraine, difficulties arose in southern Germany, probably owing to Ottos refusal to grant the duchy of Swabia to Henry II., the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria.
		He was, however, compelled by uickness among his troops to raise the siege of Paris, and on the return journey the rearguard of his army was destroyed and the baggage seized by the French.
		Otto, who is sometimes called the Red, was a man of small stature, by nature brave and impulsive, and by training an accomplished knight.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OT/OTTO_II_.htm (541 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Otto II
		Upon coming of age he was given the Duchy of Bavaria in fee by Otto II, who, at the same time, invested Ludolph's son Otto with Swabia on the death of Duke Burchard, ignoring the latter's widow, Hedwig, a daughter of Judith.
		Otto crossed the Alps and freed the papacy.
		Otto II now renewed the despotic policy towards the Saxonian border nobles and incited open discontent.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11355a.htm (837 words)

	Genealogy - The Rulers of Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otto II was a cousin of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
		Otto III, son of Otto II and Theophano, was born in Kessel 980 and died 1002.
		Frederick II, son of Henry VI and of Matilda, daughter of King Henry II of England, and grandson of Frederick Barbarossa, was born 1194 and died 1250.
	www.provenlines.com /hist8.html (1938 words)

	OTTO FUEL II
		Otto Fuel II is first sprayed under pressure into a combustion chamber where it is ignited.
		Otto Fuel II is a stable, liquid monopropellant composed of a nitrate ester in solution with a desensitizing agent and a stabilizer.
		Otto Fuel II can detonate, but the conditions and stimulus required are so extreme that it is considered a nonexplosive.
	www.ordnance.org /otto_fuel_ii.htm (329 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Theophano of Byzantium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The death of Otto II could not have come at a worse time for Germany because the Slavic forces were starting to revolt and a war seemed inevitable.
		With King Otto II dead and his son still too young to take leadership, the German council went into deliberation and decided that Theophano, the mother to Otto III, should take charge of all political affairs while her son was not yet of age to rule over germany.
		(Otto II der Rote of Germany was born in 955 and died on 7 Dec 983 in Rome, Italy.)
	nygaard.howards.net /files/72.htm (731 words)

	Main Page Otto Schmitt Foundation Site
		Otto’s life is one of using his intellectual gifts for the benefit of all.
		Otto quickly learned that people would not take ideas he offered them, so he left his ideas out ‘on the table’ where others could snatch them up and develop them.
		Otto passed away in 1998, but not before inspiring students, colleagues, and friends to continue to broaden their horizons, to ask not only how, but why things work, and to seek connections between the seemingly unrelated.
	www.otto-schmitt.org (648 words)

	Stories from WWII
		Otto was a radio operator second class for the Navy.
		Since Otto was involved with the radio, he did not participate in any of the battles of the war.
		Otto was able to communicate with his family by sending letters, and he also received many letters from his family.
	www.hbo.com /apps/band/site/client/stories/curated_story.jsp?exid=1167 (282 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Sylvester II
		In 983 Otto II bestowed on him the abbey of Bobbio, but the abbey was very poor and Gerbert returned to Reims.
		Otto gave the pope eight Italian countships, which formerly had belonged to the States of the Church, by a deed of gift the genuineness of which, however, is questioned (Wilmans, "Jahrbucher des deutschen Reiches unten den sachsischen Kaisen", II, pt.
		During Otto's residence at Rome in the winter of 1000-1001 Sylvester held a Roman synod on 1 February, 1001, in the presence of the emperor, at which amongst other matters the affairs of the convent of Gandersheim were discussed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14371a.htm (978 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otto was born on 23 November 912, the son of the future king Henry I [876 – 02 Jul 936], of the Liudolfing, or Saxon, dynasty, and his second wife, Matilda.
		Otto's first campaign in Bohemia was, however, a failure, and it was not until 950 that the Bohemian prince Boleslav I [15 Jul 967] was forced to submit and to pay tribute.
		Otto found himself compelled to withdraw to Saxony; but the position of the rebels began to deteriorate when the Magyars invaded Germany in 954, for the rebels could now be accused of complicity with the enemies of the Reich.
	h42day.0catch.com /history/h4may/h4may07.html (11219 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Otto II
		Otto II (955-983), Holy Roman emperor (967-983), king of Germany (961-983), the son of Otto I, with whom he ruled jointly from 967 to 973.
		Otto III (980-1002), Holy Roman emperor (996-1002), king of Germany (983-1002), son of Otto II, born in Kessel, Germany.
		Conrad II (990?-1039), king of Germany (1024-1039) and Holy Roman emperor (1027-1039), a descendant of Emperor Otto I, the Great.
	encarta.msn.com /Otto_II.html (170 words)

	Gerbert of Aurillac (ca. 955-1003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The pope persuaded Otto to take Gerbert on as tutor for his young son, who was to become Otto II (973-983).
		Otto was quite impressed by him and, when he became Holy Roman Emperor in 983, he made Gerbert the abbot of the famous monastery of Bobbio and also appointed him as count of the district in which it was located.
		Otto led two unsuccessful expeditions to regain control of the city, and, on a third, in 1002, he died in his twenty-first year.
	www.ku.edu /kansas/medieval/108/lectures/gerbert.html (2085 words)

	The Light & the Dark: VADEMECUM - THE SAXON ERA
		Otto I the Great died in Merseburg on May 7, 973, and was succeeded by his son Otto II (973-983).
		Otto II and Theophano, who were in the Pfalz then, had to take to their heels, leaving all their luggage behind.
		Otto III was every inch an emperor; his official behaviour was in the Byzantine style rather than in the Frankish or German mode.
	home.wanadoo.nl /piet.fontaine/volumes/saxons.htm (4309 words)

	History of the Mass (8histort.htm)
		Otto was so intent on installing one of his choices that he did not consult the Roman clergy or lay community before announcing Peter's elevation as Pope John XIV as the 136th successor of Peter.
		He was also Otto's previous minister and sought to fulfill all of Otto's policies, but Otto contracted malaria while in the southern part of Italy and returned weakened and dying to Rome in late November of 983.
		Though Otto still hoped he could control Gregory, he knew it was a lost cause as the latter sought to be the best supreme pontiff he could be, working to rid the Church and her clergy of scandal, simony, nepotism and moral vice.
	www.dailycatholic.org /8histort.htm (2340 words)

	Otto, III Biography / Biography of Otto, III Biography Biography
		The medieval ruler Otto III (980-1002) was Holy Roman emperor from 996 to 1002 and German king from 983 to 1002.
		Otto III was the only son of Emperor Otto II and the Byzantine princess Theophano.
		Otto made his old friend the scholarly Gerbert of Aurillac pope, with the title of Sylvester II (reigned 998-1003).
	www.bookrags.com /biography-otto-iii (603 words)

	Otto II, Holy Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Otto defeated and deposed Henry (976), at the same time making Austria, Carinthia, and the Nordgau virtually independent of Bavaria.
		In 978, Otto invaded France in retaliation for the French king Lothair’s attempt to conquer Lorraine; the inconclusive war ended in 980.
		Regarding Germany and Italy as a united realm, Otto II felt his position as emperor more keenly than his role as German king.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ot/Otto2-HRE.html (242 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Otto II der Rote of Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otto continued his father's policies of promoting a strong monarchy in Germany and of extending the influence of his house in Italy.
		Otto invaded southern Italy and was decisively defeated there by the Arabs in 982.
		Otto married Theophano of Byzantium, daughter of Romanos II of Byzantium and Theofano of Byzantium, on 14 Apr 972.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/1689.htm (359 words)

	Articles - Pope Silvester II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some years later, Otto gave Gerbert leave to go to study at the cathedral school of Reims where he was soon appointed a teacher in the cathedral school by Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims.
		When Otto II became Holy Roman Emperor in 983, he appointed Gerbert the abbot of the monastery of Bobbio and also appointed him as count of the district, but the abbey had been ruined by previous abbots, and Gerbert soon returned to Reims.
		Otto led two unsuccessful expeditions to regain control of the city, and died on a third expedition in 1002.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Pope_Silvester_II?mySession=57f9677bafaec1eade876fdcd25552dd (1087 words)

	SYLVESTER II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otto made him tutor to his son, and Gerbert always was close to the imperial family.
		Otto II made him Abbot of St. Columban's monastery at Bobbio, but he had to fight so much to preserve his abbey's temporalities from greedy hands that in disgust he soon withdrew to Rheims.
		The combination of the learned Sylvester II, as Gerbert was now known, and the idealistic Otto promised much for Christendom but the promise was not fulfilled.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp140.htm (552 words)

	Empress Adelaide - Women in World History Curriculum
		She was the daughter of King Rudolf of Lorraine, widow of Duke Lothar of Burgundy, wife of the powerful Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, and regent for both her son Otto II and, later, grandson Otto III.
		Otto let Adelaide control the lands she brought into the marriage, and even added some he owned.
		Greatly influenced by his mother, young Otto II included Adelaide in his decrees, arriving at decisions "with the advice of my pious and dearest mother." Then a rival appeared on Adelaide's horizon - a daughter-in-law for Otto II named Theophano.
	www.womeninworldhistory.com /adelaide.html (947 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Emperor Otto I Germany HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ANDREW ANGERMUELLER ...
		Otto was again victorious: Eberhard of Franconia fell in battle, Giselbert of of Lotharingia was drowned in flight, and Henry submitted to his brother.
		Otto invaded Italy with a strong force, entered Rome peaceably, and was crowned Roman Emperor of the West by Joh XII in 962.
		"Otto, nearing death, forestalled disorder by having his son Otto II crowned coemperor by Pope John XIII (967); and he secured as his son's wife Theophano, daughter of Romanus II the Byzantine Emperor (972); Charlemagne's dream of a marital union of the two empires was transiently made real.
	www.geneal.net /2118.htm (2091 words)

	ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Otto Fuel II and Its Components
		SUMMARY: Exposure to Otto Fuel II occurs in areas where Otto Fuel II is used as a torpedo fuel or where it is made.
		Otto Fuel II is a distinct-smelling, reddish-orange, oily liquid that the U.S. Navy uses as a fuel for torpedoes and other weapon systems.
		Otto Fuel II enters the environment mainly in waste water from Naval facilities that produce it or are involved in torpedo operations.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /tfacts77.html (1032 words)

	Otto fuel II - Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otto Fuel II is a stable liquid composed of a nitrate ester in solution with a desensitizing agent and a stabilizer.
		Otto (or OTTO) fuel is a monopropellant used mainly in torpedoes as they need a high-output energy source while submerged.
		OTTO fuel II is a toxic substance[1] (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts77.html) found in EPA's National Priorities List.
	www.greatestinfo.org /Otto_fuel_II (183 words)

	Otto III, Holy Roman emperor
		Otto III, 980–1002, Holy Roman emperor (996–1002) and German king (983–1002), son of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and the Byzantine princess Theophano.
		On Otto's accession Henry the Wrangler, the deposed duke of Bavaria, attempted to become his guardian and then to obtain the crown, but the plot was frustrated and Henry was forced to abandon it, although he was restored in Bavaria.
		Otto established his cousin Bruno in the vacant papacy as Gregory V (996) and restored him (998) after his expulsion by a Roman revolt.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0837072.html (370 words)

	Prince Otto - CHAPTER II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The austere face of nature, the uncertain issue of his course, the open sky and the free air, delighted him like wine; and the hoarse chafing of a river on his left sounded in his ears agreeably.
		Otto entered a chamber occupying the greater part of the ground- floor of the building.
		Otto was somewhat abashed at this deduction, and he made haste to change his ground.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/adventure/PrinceOtto/chap2.html (2793 words)

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