Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Noble person
1175 – 1218
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Who was Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor?
Otto IV of Brunswick was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 until he was forced to abdicate in 1215. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1210.
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- Born
- 1175
Braunschweig - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Beatrice of Swabia
(1212/07/22 - 1212/08/11) - Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress
(1214/05/19 - 1218/05/19)
- Beatrice of Swabia
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Lower Saxony
- Poitou
- Normandy
- Aachen
- Braunschweig
- Died
- May 19, 1218
Bad Harzburg - Resting place
- Braunschweig
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on July 23, 2013
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