Otto, after his father's death, was elected by the whole people of the East Franks and Saxons, took the royal seat at the palace of Aachen, where he was anointed and crowned king.
Otto, post mortem patris a totius Francorum populo Orientalium et Saxonum electus, Aquisgrani palatii regalis sedem regni sumpsit, ubi unctus est et in regem coronatus.
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Otto I the Great
First Holy Roman Emperor (912-973), king of East Francia from 936. He defeated the Magyars at Lechfeld (955), and on 2 Feb 962 was crowned emperor by John XII, reviving the western imperial title. His Reichskirchensystem reshaped German politics for centuries.
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When he saw that all were with him, he took up the Lance with the Nails of the Lord and was himself the first to charge the enemy, throwing them down and putting them to flight with extraordinary courage.
Otto, by divine favour August Emperor.
Liutprand, bishop of the church of Cremona, writes this while he was at the court of the most holy emperor Otto.