Ottoniens

Les Ottoniens (en allemand : Ottonen), appelés également Ludolphides ou Liudolfingiens^[1] (Liudolfinger), étaient une famille de la noblesse saxonne, les descendants du comte Liudolf (mort en 866), qui fut leur premier ancêtre connu avec certitude^[2]. À partir de l'an 919, ils exercent leur domination sur le royaume de Germanie et la partie orientale de l'Empire d'Occident ; fondant par la suite le Saint-Empire romain germanique et conservant la dignité impériale jusqu'en 1024, année de la dissolution de la dynastie ottonienne.

La famille des Ottoniens tire son nom du prénom des trois empereurs romains germaniques : Otton I^er, fils du roi Henri I^er de Germanie, Otton II et Otton III.

↑ Claude Gauvard, Alain de Libera, Michel Zink, Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2004, p. 1029
↑ LIUDOLF, son of [BRUN[HART] & his wife ---] (-11 Mar 866, bur Brunshausen). Brun was named as father of Liudolf in the early 13th century Gandersheimer Reimchronik[91], but no earlier source has so far been found which confirms the relationship. The Chronicon Hildesheimense records that Liudolf founded the abbey of Gandersheim in 852, first at Brunshausen[92]. Widukind records that "Liudulfus" transferred relics of Pope Innocent to Rome[93]. The Annales Alamannicorum record "Ludolfus dux Saxoniæ avus Heinrici" among those who swore allegiance in 864[94]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 866 of "Liudolfus comes a septentrione" (cf.EARLY SAXON LEADERS, family of LIUDOLF, later KINGS of GERMANY.

[1] Claude Gauvard, Alain de Libera, Michel Zink, Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2004, p. 1029

[2] LIUDOLF, son of [BRUN[HART] & his wife ---] (-11 Mar 866, bur Brunshausen). Brun was named as father of Liudolf in the early 13th century Gandersheimer Reimchronik[91], but no earlier source has so far been found which confirms the relationship. The Chronicon Hildesheimense records that Liudolf founded the abbey of Gandersheim in 852, first at Brunshausen[92]. Widukind records that "Liudulfus" transferred relics of Pope Innocent to Rome[93]. The Annales Alamannicorum record "Ludolfus dux Saxoniæ avus Heinrici" among those who swore allegiance in 864[94]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 866 of "Liudolfus comes a septentrione" (cf.EARLY SAXON LEADERS, family of LIUDOLF, later KINGS of GERMANY.

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