{"slug": "theophanu", "label": "Theophanu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464081", "qid": "Q464081", "description": "regent empress of the Holy Roman Empire", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [955, 991], "span_label": ["955 CE", "991 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "otto-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "regent", "label": "Regent", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "henry-ii-duke-of-bavaria", "label": "Henry II, Duke of Bavaria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "otto-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "adelaide-of-italy", "label": "Adelaide of Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-bavaria", "label": "Duchy of Bavaria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 955, "year_label": "955 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theophanu, empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 991)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512718#Births", "title": "955", "revid": 1341512718, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Otto I dispatches an imperial delegation (led by a Venetian named Domenico) to Constantinople with assurances of his friendship and a request for Princess Theophano (a daughter of the late Emperor Romanos II) for his 12-year-old son Otto II. As dowry Otto demands the Byzantine holdings in southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Europe", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 972, "year_label": "972 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – Otto II (the Red), joint-ruler and son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu (niece or granddaughter of John I). She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome. Creating an alliance between the Ottonian Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire (called the Tzimiscian Peace).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272305#Europe", "title": "972", "revid": 1365272305, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 980, "year_label": "980 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Otto II sets off on his first expedition to Italy. He leaves the government in the hands of Archchancellor Willigis. Otto is accompanied by his wife, Empress Theophanu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#Europe", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 983, "year_label": "983 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Otto III is crowned at Aachen by Archbishops Willigis of Mainz and John X of Ravenna. The Holy Roman Empire comes under the regency of his mother, Empress consort Theophanu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908613#Europe", "title": "983", "revid": 1341908613, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 984, "year_label": "984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – German boy-king Otto III (4 years old) is seized by the deposed Henry II, Duke of Bavaria (\"the Wrangler\"), who has recovered his duchy and claims the regency as a member of the Ottonian Dynasty. But Henry is forced to hand over Otto to his mother, empress consort Theophanu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908618#Europe", "title": "984", "revid": 1341908618, "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": 986, "year_label": "986 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Empress Theophanu, accompanied by the 6-year-old King Otto III and Henry II of Bavaria, leads a campaign against Bohemia and the Slavs on the Elbe frontier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272436#Europe", "title": "986", "revid": 1365272436, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 989, "year_label": "989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet) demands that Pope John XV discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu, refuses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624689#Europe", "title": "989", "revid": 1357624689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 990, "year_label": "990 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress and regent", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908655#Deaths", "title": "990", "revid": 1341908655, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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"}}]}