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He was the son of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony and Matilda Plantagenet, and was elected king when his rival for the throne, Philip of Swabia ( Hohenstaufen), was murdered. Otto had been supported by Pope Innocent III, but Innocent withdrew his support after Otto's military adventures in Italy. In 1211 the Diet of Nuremberg ordered Otto deposed and Frederick II Hohenstaufen elected in his place, but until Otto lost the battle of Bouvines (July, 1214) decisively to the forces of Philip II of France nothing happened. He was deposed in 1215 and died in 1218Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia. Minamoto no Sanetomo becomes Udaijin of Japan. Alfonso IX of Castile founds a university in Salamanca. Ongoing events Fifth Crusade (.
| Preceded by: Philip | King of GermanyThe following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. Notes The relationship between the title of "king" and "emperor" in the area that is today called Germany is just as irritating and complicated as the history Also Holy Roman EmperorThe Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. The terminology of the title is somewhat confusing. The title of | Succeeded by: Frederick II |
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