episode 4 – A Foe Wherever You Go
As Otto the Great consoldiates his reign, enemeies pop up on every corner – Bohemians, Poles, French, Danes, you name it…
The Grave of Eadgith
Eadgith (910-946), daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and first wife of Emperor Otto the Great (912-973). According to the chronicler Widukind they had a very close relationship and Otto was devastated when she died in 946. Eadgith had been a major political operator within the future Holy Roman Empire, and like many royal consorts in this period was “sharing in the burden of rule”.