Posted on 10/10/2023 7:24:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists believe they have found the site where Emperor Otto I (936-973), known as the Great, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, died.
Otto the Great is regarded by historians as the first Holy Roman Emperor. He earned a reputation as a defender of Christendom as a result of his victory over pagan Hungarian invaders in 955 C.E. He used his self-proclaimed divine right as a ruler and his dealings with bishops to tighten his control over his kingdom and to begin his aggressive expansion into Italy. His son Otto II would succeed him after his death in 973 C.E.
Archaeologists from the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology have been excavating the former imperial palace and the rich Benedictine monastery in Memleben, Germany, since 2017.
This year's investigations yielded new findings of extraordinary importance. For the first time, reliable archaeological evidence of the Palatinate of Memleben, the as-yet unlocated place of death of Emperor Otto the Great and his father Heinrich I, was identified in the form of a stone predecessor of Otto II's monastery church. A mysterious foundation in the cloister of the monumental monastery church can possibly be linked to the mention of a subsequent burial of Otto the Great's intestines...
The former Memleben monastery is one of the most important sites on the Romanesque Road. The ruins of the monastery church from the 13th century with its preserved crypt are considered an outstanding building that documents the transition from the late Romanesque to the early Gothic style. It reflects the historical significance of the place: The founder of the Holy Roman Empire, Emperor Otto I, known as the Great, passed away in Memleben in 973, as did his father Heinrich I in 936.
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Sometimes the start is put at 800 with the naming of Charlemagne as "Roman emperor" (at a time when there was no emperor in Constantinople--a woman was in control). They don't start calling it "holy" until long after Otto the Great.
It finally ceased to exist in 1806.
Nowadays it's called The European Union.................
Which is why the song is "Deutschland Uber Alles", it was written before Germany united, but it was about the idea of a United Germany being above anything else, it was not about Germany ruling the world.
Famously it was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
I think the site is actually somewhere near Hoboken… But it might be Boise too…
The Holy Roman Empire emerged from the “Dark Ages” and Germanic kingdoms in what we would call Central Europe. It more or less evolved into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which survived into the 20th century. Other than it being Western Christian (Roman Catholic) as opposed to Orthodox, there wasn’t much Roman about it.
Sort of....What was left of it officially ended at Napoleon’s coronation
“Hoboken?!? Ahhhh! I’m dyin’ again!” — Bugs Bunny
Why have there never any archaelogical digs revealing p alestainin artifacts?
That’s just a myth. There is no second Foundation!
I’m supposed to be related to him through his two wives Eadgyth and Adelaide, via his children Liutgarde and Otto II.
Somehow, brother… I just knew you would remember that one lol.
The penguin crying ice cubes lol!!
Yeah, weird, eh? ;^)
Eadgyth... she’s a very distant cousin of mine. :^)
Kinda hot too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgyth#/media/File:Edita_250.jpg
[singing] Bug Bunny came down to Martinique...
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