Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine

Otto (c. 970–1012) was the duke of Lower Lorraine in the Kingdom Germany from 993 until his death. He was the son of Charles, son of King Louis IV of France, and his first wife, Adelaide of Troyes.

Otto I of Lower Lotharingia
Duke of Lower Lotharinia
Tenure	993-1012
Predecessor	Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Successor	Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Noble family	Carolingian
Father	Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Mother	Gerberga of Saxony

When his father left the duchy to fight Hugh Capet for the throne of France in 987, he became regent in Lower Lorraine when still apparently under twenty. Charles was defeated definitively in 991 and died two years later a prisoner in Orléans. Otto then succeeded into the full dukedom. In 1002, at the death of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, he was one of the loyal nobles who accompanied his body from Paterno to Aachen. According to the Chronica of Sigebert de Gembloux, he died in 1006, but he seems to be alive as late as 1012, when Count Godfrey II of Verdun succeeded to the duchy.

Sources

• Settipani, Christian. La préhistoire des Capétiens: 481-987. 1993. ISBN 2-9501509-3-4

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Pippinids, Arnulfings and Carolingians

• Legend: → ≡ "father of",
• * ≡ "brother of"

Begga, the daughter of Pepin I, married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf of Metz, and was the mother of Pepin II.

Pippinids

• Carloman → Pepin I → Grimoald I → Childebert the Adopted

Arnulfings

Arnulf of Metz → Chlodulf of Metz Ansegisel → Pepin II, his sons
Drogo, sons	Arnulf Hugh of Champagne Godfrey Pepin
Grimoald I, son	Theudoald
Charles Martel, sons	Carloman Pepin III Grifo Bernard Jerome Remigius
Childebrand I, son	Nibelung I → Nibelungids

Early
Carolingians

Sons of Charles Martel
Carloman, son	Drogo
Pepin III, sons	Charlemagne, sons Pepin the Hunchback Charles the Younger Pepin Louis the Pious Lothair Drogo Hugh Theoderic Carloman, son Pepin Pepin
Bernard, sons	Wala Adalhard Bernhar

Carolingian
Empire

Sons of Charlemagne
Pepin, son	Bernard → Pepin, Count of Vermandois → Counts of Vermandois
Louis the Pious, sons	Arnulf of Sens Lothair I, sons Louis II of Italy → Ermengard → Louis the Blind → Bosonids Lothair II → Hugh Charles Pepin I, son Pepin II Louis the German, sons Carloman → Arnulf → Louis the Child Ratold Zwentibold → Godfrey Otto Louis the Younger → Louis Hugh Charles the Fat → Bernard Ratold → Adalbert Charles the Bald, sons Louis the Stammerer → Louis III Carloman II Charles the Simple Charles the Child Carloman Lothair the Lame Drogo Pepin Charles

West
Francia

West Francia was in the hands of the Robertians from 888 until 898. It was the last Carolingian kingdom.
Charles the Simple, sons	Louis IV Arnulf Drogo Rorico
Louis IV, sons	Lothair IV Charles Louis Charles of Lorraine Henry
Lothair IV, sons	Louis V Arnulf
Charles of Lorraine, sons	Otto Louis Charles