Ottonian

Although never Emperor, Henry I The Fowler , Duke of Saxony , was arguably the founder of this imperial dynasty, since his election as German king made it possible for his son, Otto The Great to take on the imperium. Since Otto I most of the German kings were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor . Under the reign of the Ottonian rulers the kingdom of the Eastern Franks did not only finally become Germany since the unification of the duchies of Lorraine , Saxony , Franconia , Swabia , Thuringia and Bavaria in one empire was concluded. Also the union of Germany with the Holy Roman Empire , which dominated the German history until 1806, begun with the coronation of Otto I The Great in Rome in 962. But the projected restoration of the Roman Empire failed already under Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor .

After the extinction of the Ottonian dynasty with the death of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1024 the crown passed to the Salian dynasty. Luitgard, a daughter of Emperor Otto I had married the Salian Duke Conrad The Red of Lorraine. His great-grandson was Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor .

Ottonian Kings and Emperors: