Along with Eberhard and Gilbert, this ruler's younger brother Henry launched a rebellion against him that was crushed at the Battle of Andernach.
Along with Eberhard and Gilbert, this ruler's younger brother Henry launched a rebellion against him that was crushed at the Battle of Andernach. The second volume of the Res Gestae Saxonicae by the historian Widukind of Corvey chronicles the reign of this ruler. After Berengar of Ivrea and his son Adalbert threatened to attack Rome, the pope called for this man's aid, leading to him gaining his most prominent position. This ruler finally stopped marauding Magyar hordes from ravaging Western Europe by winning the 955 Battle of Lechfeld. This man's coronation in 962 by Pope John XII marked the beginning of the First Reich. For 10 points, name this first Holy Roman Emperor.
Along with Eberhard and Gilbert, this ruler's younger brother Henry launched a rebellion against him that was crushed at the Battle of Andernach.
Otto I [or Otto the Great; prompt on Otto]