Otto (c. 970–1012) was the

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in the Kingdom Germany from 993 until his death. He was the son of

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, son of King

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, and his first wife, Adelaide of Troyes. When his father left the duchy to fight

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for the throne of France in 987, he became regent in

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when still apparently under twenty. Charles was defeated definitively in 991 and died two years later a prisoner in

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, he was one of the loyal nobles who accompanied his body from Paterno to

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. According to the ''Chronica'' of Sigebert de Gembloux, he died in 1006, but he seems to be alive as late as 1012, when Count Godfrey II of Verdun succeeded to the duchy.

Sources

* Settipani, Christian. ''La préhistoire des Capétiens: 481-987''. 1993. {{Authority control Dukes of Lower Lorraine 970s births 1012 deaths Regents of Lorraine