Daily Medieval

  We are continuing from here , after a detour through the Great Gandersheim Conflict . Otto was only a few years old in 983 when he became ...

A significant controversy during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III while he was still under the regency of his mother, Theophanu , wa...

Otto III (980 - 23 January 1002) became King of Germany at the age of three on the death of his father, Otto II. He was in line to be Holy R...

Odilo of Cluny (c.962 - 1049) wrote a life of Holy Roman Empress Adelaide of Italy (to whom he was supposedly related). It is from Odilo th...

Yesterday I mentioned the need to explain Adelaide of Italy to understand how she affected the marriage of her son. Adelaide was born to Kin...

Holy Roman Emperor Otto I was looking for a suitable bride for his son, Otto, and thought the daughter of a Byzantine Emperor was a good ch...