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Theophanu
Theophanu Skleros was born in 956 in Constantinople, Byzantium. She died in 991.
Her father is named as Constantin Skleros. Other names are also known. She was a relative of the emperor of Byzantium.
In 972 Theophanu married Otto II of Saxony, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Their children were;
- Sophia, Abbess of Gandersheim, born 978
Adelaide, Abbess of Quedlinburg, born 977
Matilda of Saxony, born 978, and
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, born 980
When Otto II died in 983 , Theophanu reigned as Empress on behalf of her son Otto III.
She died in 991 and is buried in Cologne.
Otto III was still a child and the grandmother Adelaide of Italy took over the reign until Otto III became old enough to reign on his own.
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