Below you will find example sentences with "otto iii". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Otto Iii in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: iii
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "otto iii" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 123 while otto iii was in, as otto iii was still, death, theophanu and died stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with charles iii, richard iii, division iii, phase iii, apple iii and iron iii, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with otto iii
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During the travel south, however, Otto III suffered a sudden and severe fever. (13 words)
Duckett, pg. 106 News of Otto II's death first reached Germany after Otto III's coronation. (17 words)
Bryce, pg. 147 Succession crisis Otto III, having never married, died without issue, leaving the Empire without a clear successor. (20 words)
After the assembly was concluded, Otto III and his mother Theophanu travelled across the Alps in order for Otto to be crowned at Aix, the traditional location of the coronation of the German kings. (34 words)
Canduci, pg. 227 Otto III also carried back parts of the body of Bishop Adalbert of Prague, which he placed in a splendid new church he had built on the Tiber Island in Rome. (34 words)
Lübke (2002), p. 99 Though Emperor Otto III allied with Duke Bolesław I of Poland to reintegrate them into the Empire, Otto III's death ended the friendly relationship between Poland the Empire. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Following Otto II's death in 983, Theophanu, as her son Otto III 's regent, would name John as Otto III's tutor.
Because Otto III was still a child, his grandmother Adelaide of Italy took over the regency until Otto III became old enough to rule on his own.
Comyn, pg. 123 While Otto III was in Pavia, Crescentius II, fearing the king's march on Rome, reconciled with Otto III and agreed to accept his nominee as pope.
Lübke (2002), p. 99 Though Emperor Otto III allied with Duke Bolesław I of Poland to reintegrate them into the Empire, Otto III's death ended the friendly relationship between Poland the Empire.
After the assembly was concluded, Otto III and his mother Theophanu travelled across the Alps in order for Otto to be crowned at Aix, the traditional location of the coronation of the German kings.
Comyn, pg. 117 When Otto II died suddenly in 983 and was succeeded by the three-year old Otto III, Boleslaus II again supported Henry II in his bid for the German throne.
Duckett, pg. 101 When Otto II died suddenly in 983 and was succeeded by the three-year old Otto III, Mieszko I again supported Henry II in his bid for the German throne.
Duckett, pg. 106 News of Otto II's death first reached Germany after Otto III's coronation.
In 989 Theophano and Otto III made a royal expedition to Italy to visit the grave of Otto II in Rome.
Informed of the Muslim retreat, Otto II left his wife Theophanu and young son Otto III (along with the Imperial treasury) in the city and marched his army to pursue the Muslim force.
One of Otto III's first actions as an independent ruler was to appoint Heribert of Cologne as his chancellor over Italy, a position he would hold until Otto's death in 1002.
Reuter, pg. 258 Through the election of Gregory V, Otto III exercised greater control over the Church than his grandfather Otto I had decades earlier.
When Otto II died suddenly in 983, his infant son Otto III succeeded him, with his mother Theophanu serving as regent.
As Otto III was still unmarried, from 995 until 997 his older sister Sophia accompanied him and acted as his consort.
Bryce, pg. 147 Succession crisis Otto III, having never married, died without issue, leaving the Empire without a clear successor.
Canduci, pg. 227 Otto III also carried back parts of the body of Bishop Adalbert of Prague, which he placed in a splendid new church he had built on the Tiber Island in Rome.
Comyn, pg. 125 Following his death, the Roman people suggested that Stefania, the widow of Crescentius II, had made Otto III fall in love with her and then poisoned him.
During her regency for Otto III, the Byzantine princess Theophanu abandoned her late husband's imperialistic policy and devoted herself entirely to furthering her own agenda in Italy.
During the travel south, however, Otto III suffered a sudden and severe fever.
Expelled from Rome in 1001, Otto III died at age 21 the next year, without an opportunity to reconquer the city.