Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

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Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was a Welf dynasty ruler who reigned as King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor in the early 13th century and was a central figure in the empire’s power struggle with the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the papacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans
medieval German monarch
member of the Welf dynasty
alliedWithAtBouvines Ferrand, Count of Flanders
surface form: Count Ferrand of Flanders

King John of England
battleOfBouvinesDate 1214-07-27
birthDate circa 1175
birthPlace Brunswick
burialPlace Brunswick Cathedral
conflictWithPapacy Pope Innocent III
contestedBy Hohenstaufen dynasty
surface form: Hohenstaufen supporters
coronationAsEmperorDate 1209-10-04
coronationAsEmperorPlace Rome
coronationAsKingOfTheRomansDate 1198-07-12
coronationAsKingOfTheRomansPlace Aachen
crownedEmperorBy Pope Innocent III
deathDate 1218-05-19
deathPlace Harzburg Castle
defeatedAt Battle of Bouvines
dynasticRival Hohenstaufen dynasty
surface form: House of Hohenstaufen
excommunicatedBy Pope Innocent III
excommunicationDate 1210
father Henry the Lion
fullName Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Otto IV of Brunswick
grandfather Henry II of England
grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine
house House of Welf
imperialReignEnd 1215
imperialReignStart 1209
language Middle High German
lostImperialAuthorityAfter Battle of Bouvines
marriageDate 1212
mother Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
notableBattle Battle of Bouvines
opponentAtBouvines Philip II of France
politicalOpponent Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip of Swabia
predecessorAsEmperor Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
predecessorAsKingOfTheRomans Philip of Swabia
reignAsKingOfTheRomansEnd 1215
reignAsKingOfTheRomansStart 1198
religion Roman Catholic
residence Brunswick
spouse Beatrice of Swabia
successorAsEmperor Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
successorAsKingOfTheRomans Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
supportedBy King John of England
Welf partisans
title Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Duke of Brunswick

Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans

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Welf notableMember Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II opponent Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
subject surface form: Philip II of France
Battle of Bouvines commander Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Battle of Bouvines opponentOf Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Battle of Bouvines weakened Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothar of Segni conflictWith Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry the Lion child Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony child Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor successorAsHolyRomanEmperor Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor fullName Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Otto IV of Brunswick
Wittelsbach Castle demolishedBy Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
this entity surface form: Emperor Otto IV
Wittelsbach Castle associatedWithPerson Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip of Swabia successor Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip of Swabia opponent Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Haus Welf hatBekanntePerson Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
this entity surface form: Otto IV., römisch-deutscher Kaiser