he is venerated by the germans and the french as the father of the nation. in the year eight hundred forty three his grandchildren divide up the frankish empire into the kingdoms of west frank here middle frank here and east frank here they are home to four old germanic tribes saxons franks swabian and bavarians these lands would one day become the do chill land the land of the germans there is only one image of otto s father king henry an almost unrecognizable one on a seal he breaks with charlemagne s tradition in order to secure authority he doesn t divide up the realm among his sons just one of them is to be king otto it s the first step towards a kingdom of the germans. the
he. he chose adelaide a burgundy the widow of the italian king otto has a young son with her henry. his son from his first marriage leo dorothy was long since grown up he was already there at the coronation are one up until now he was regarded as the rightful successor to his father s throne. well well with le tally and. stop it at once leo doth utter tell him to stop showing respect for the future king. as arcturus did you say king yes.
may he never return was a common saying. otto s first trip after his car a nation in our home took him to the collegiate church incredibly in bourg. after years of hard work re stories have revealed nero s in the crypt that had been almost totally covered up. among the many biblical scenes in the vault there is also one very worldly image king auto with his crown and scepter more than a thousand years after it was made the restore is returned a face to this fresco from the early period of german history. in. the elaborately restored collegian. churching
enemy strengthens their cohesion one who wants to seize the moment and rule is king over the german territories and as emperor over christian europe otto the first. seven contingents from german tribes twelve thousand fighters from bavaria the frankish territory swabian lorraine and bohemia have followed their kings call for help otto is pinning his hopes on a decisive battle the magyars have never fought against king author but they are confident of victory.