{"slug": "adelaide-of-italy", "label": "Adelaide of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76802", "qid": "Q76802", "description": "Holy Roman Empress, Catholic saint (931–999)", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [931, 999], "span_label": ["931 CE", "999 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "otto-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thuringia", "label": "Thuringia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theophanu", "label": "Theophanu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "otto-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-st-peter-s-basilica", "label": "Old St. Peter's Basilica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ad-999", "label": "AD 999", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "middle-ages", "label": "Middle Ages", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 931, "year_label": "931 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Adelaide, empress regent of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 999)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917472#Births", "title": "931", "revid": 1364917472, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 937, "year_label": "937 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Hugh of Arles (king of Italy) travels to Colombier (Switzerland) and marries Rudolph's widow Bertha. He takes Conrad I under his tutelage and betroths Rudolph's 6-year-old daughter Adelaide with his own son and co-ruler Lothair II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367668437#Europe", "title": "937", "revid": 1367668437, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 950, "year_label": "950 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons Lothair's now 19-year-old widow, Adelaide for four months at Como.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260811#Europe", "title": "950", "revid": 1365260811, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 962, "year_label": "962 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – King Otto I (the Great) is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII at the Old St. Peter's Basilica, ending Rome's feudal anarchy. Otto's wife Adelaide is anointed as empress; the East Frankish Kingdom and the Kingdom of Italy are unified into a common realm, called the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513175#Europe", "title": "962", "revid": 1341513175, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Lothair of France marries Princess Emma of Italy (the only daughter of Adelaide of Burgundy—second wife of Emperor Otto the Great, from her first marriage with King Lothair II, member of the Bosonid dynasty). Lothair strengthens his ties with the Holy Roman Empire. He temporarily remains in control of the cities of Arras and Douai. The latter becomes a flourishing textile market centre during the Middle Ages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Europe", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 973, "year_label": "973 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – Emperor Otto I (the Great) dies at Memleben in Thuringia (modern Germany) after a 37-year reign. He is succeeded by his 18-year-old son Otto II (the Red), who becomes absolute ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. His mother Adelaide will exert great influence on Otto, although her lavish philanthropies will be a source of contention. Otto's succession leads to conflicts in the south German duchies and in Lotharingia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354273404#Europe", "title": "973", "revid": 1354273404, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 985, "year_label": "985 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an Hoftag assembly in Rohr (Thuringia). King Otto III (5-years old) remains under the regency of the two empresses in the Holy Roman Empire and in the Kingdom of Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468346#Europe", "title": "985", "revid": 1364468346, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 991, "year_label": "991 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15: Theophanu dies in Nijmegen, and Adelaide of Italy assumes full regency over her grandson, Otto III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261005#Events", "title": "991", "revid": 1365261005, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Otto III, 16, is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at St. Peter's Basilica, and claims also the title of King of Italy. His grandmother, Adelaide, retires to a convent she has founded at Seltz (Alsace). Otto puts down a Roman rebellion; a number of nobles (including Crescentius II) are banished for their crimes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Europe", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Adelaide of Italy, empress regent of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 931)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Deaths", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Deaths"}}]}