What is Otto I the Illustrious?
[[File:Otto I, Duke of Saxony.jpg|thumb|200px|Otto the Illustrious]] '''Otto I of Saxony''' and '''Otto the Illustrious''' (ca. 841 – 30 November 912) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Saxon]] noble. He was [[List of rulers of Saxony|Duke of Saxony]]. He was the father of [[Henry I the Fowler]]s and grandfather of [[Otto I the Great]]. He was also father-in-law of [[Zwentibold]], [[Carolingian]] King of [[Lotharingia]]. Otto was born between 830 and 841, and was one of the sons of [[Liudolf]], Duke of Saxony, and [[Gisela]], the daughter of [[Everhart Friuli]] and [[Geslea of Franks]]. Otto's uncle was [[Berengar I of Italy]]. His [[wikt:paternal|paternal]] [[ancestor]] was an old chief of [[Saxony]]. Otto was a powerful noble of [[Saxony]] and [[Eastern]] [[Germany]] for a long time. His sister [[Liutgard]] was married to King [[Louis the Younger]]. Around the 890s, his daughter Oda married [[Zwentibold]], [[King of Lotharingia]]. In 911, the [[East Frank]]ish King [[Louis the Child]] died without any children. German nobles said that Otto should be crowned as king, but he declined (said no) because of his old age (he was around 70 at that point). He instead recommended [[Conrad to Franken]], his powerful political rival. In 918, his son [[Henry I the Fowler]] was appointed as King. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto 1 the Illustrious}} [[Category:Ottonian dynasty]] [[Category:840s births]] [[Category:912 deaths]] [[Category:10th century in Germany]] [[Category:Kings and Queens in Germany]] [[Category:German autobiographers]] [[Category:9th century in Germany]]