{"slug": "otto-iii", "label": "Otto III", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [989, 1000], "span_label": ["989 CE", "1000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "regensburg", "label": "Regensburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tuscany", "label": "Tuscany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "verona", "label": "Verona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brenner-pass", "label": "Brenner Pass", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pietro-ii-orseolo", "label": "Pietro II Orseolo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "magdeburg", "label": "Magdeburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bolesaw-i-the-brave", "label": "Bolesław I the Brave", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 989, "year_label": "989 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Theophanu arrives with her son, King Otto III in Rome to meet John XV. Crescentius II (the Younger) offers his submission to the Holy Roman Empire, in return for which she confirms his title as patrician of Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624689#Europe", "title": "989", "revid": 1357624689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 993, "year_label": "993 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The 12-year-old King Otto III gives the Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian (also known as the Sword of Essen) as a gift to the convent in Essen. It symbolises the martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian, the patron saints of the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350009737#Europe", "title": "993", "revid": 1350009737, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 994, "year_label": "994 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Otto III, now 14 years old, receives the regalia to rule the Kingdom of Germany at an assembly of the Imperial Diet in Solingen. Otto appoints Heribert of Cologne as chancellor of Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350027284#Europe", "title": "994", "revid": 1350027284, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Otto III starts his first expedition to Italy from Regensburg, and proceeds over the Brenner Pass. News of Otto's arrival prompts Crescentius II (the Younger), patrician (the de facto ruler) of Rome, to invite Pope John XV (exiled in Tuscany) back to Rome. Otto arrives in Verona, and receives ambassadors of Doge Pietro II Orseolo of Venice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Europe", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 997, "year_label": "997 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Emperor Otto III travels to Italy, leaving the government of the Holy Roman Empire in the hands of his aunt, Matilda of Quedlinburg. He is accompanied by Bishop Gilbert of Aurillac, his teacher and advisor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468397#Europe", "title": "997", "revid": 1364468397, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In continental Europe, the Holy Roman Empire established itself as the most powerful state. The Holy Roman Emperor Otto III made a pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. The Congress of Gniezno (with Bolesław I the Brave) was part of his pilgrimage. In Rome, he built the basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, to host the relics of St. Bartholomew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}]}