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| | LOTHAIR II. OR III. - LoveToKnow Article on LOTHAIR II. OR III. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The position and influence of Lothair in Saxony, already considerable, was increased when in noo he married Richenza, daughter oi Henry, count of Nordheim, who became an heiress on her father's death in 1101, and inherited other estates when her brother Otto died childless in 1116. |
 | | Lothair was a strong and 'capable ruler, who has been described as the " imitator and heir of the first Otto." Contemporaries praise his justice and his virtue, and his reign was regarded, especially by Saxons and churchmen, as a golden age for Germany. |
 | | The main authorities for the life and reign of Lothair are: " Vita Norberti archiepiscopi Magdeburgensis "; Otto von Freising, " Chronicon Annalista Saxo " and " Narratio de electione Lotharii " all in the Monumcnta Germaniae historica. |
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