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Statues on main façade of Brussels Town Hall / Hotel de Ville.

The top three rows include statues portraying 151 medieval rulers from the 6th to 16th Century. 58 of the first 101 statues include the following direct family lines:
(1). Carolingian Dynasty (13 Generations)
(2). Ottonian Dynasty (2 Generations) - see below
(3). House of Reginar / House of Brabant (13 Generations)

Ottonian Dynasty statues: HEINRICH I "the Fowler", King of Germany (d.936); his 2nd wife MATHILDE (d.968); their son OTTO I "the Great", Holy Roman Emperor (d.973); his 1st wife EADGYTH (d.946) (daughter of Edward I "the Elder", King of England); 2nd wife Saint ADELAIDE of Burgundy (d.999) (widow of Lothar King of Italy, daughter of Rudolf II, King of Upper Burgundy); Heinrich I & Mathilde’s daughter GERBERGA (d.984); and her 1st husband GISELBERT Duke of Lotharingia (d.939) (son of Reginar (I) "Longneck" Count of Hainaut - House of Brabant).

The Brussels Town Hall / Hotel de Ville is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - La Grand-Place, Brussels.

The book "Les Sentinelles de l'Histoire" by Vincent Heymans (2000) - contains further information and a list of the statues on the main and two side façades of the Brussels Town Hall / Hotel de Ville.


Statues adorning façade of Brunswick Old Town Hall / Braunschweig Altes Rathaus, Germany.

The first 6 of the 17 statues adorning the façade (left to right) include:
HEINRICH I "the Fowler", King of Germany (d.936) [First King of the Ottonian Dynasty], his 2nd wife Saint MATHILDE of Ringelheim (d.968), their son:
OTTO I "the Great", Holy Roman Emperor (d.973), his 2nd wife Saint ADELAIDE of Burgundy (d.999) (widow of Lothar King of Italy, daughter of Rudolf II, King of Upper Burgundy), their son:
OTTO II, Holy Roman Emperor (d.983), his wife THEOPHANO (d.991).
The next 11 statues include a selection of their descendants ending with Otto I, 1st Duke of Brunswick & Luneburg (d.1252) and his wife Mathilde of Brandenburg.


Statues adorning main façade of Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus), Germany.

The first 11 of 20 statues include statues of the following King & 2 Emperors (left to right):
Ottonian Dynasty - #6 - King Heinrich I (d.936), #5 - Emperor Otto I (d.973) (son of King Heinrich I), #4 - Emperor Otto II (d.983) (son of Emperor Otto I).


Holy Roman Emperors - Otto I - Aachen Cathedral.


Holy Roman Emperors - Otto I - St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.


Statues of Otto I "The Great", Holy Roman Emperor (912-973) in Magdeburg, Germany.

• Two statues of Emperor Otto I beside his first wife Edith/Eadgyth of Wessex (d.947) [Granddaughter of Alfred “The Great”, King of England] - one inside Magdeburg Cathedral (Dom) and another on the façade of the old Post Office building, 203-206 Breiter-Weg (Street).
• Gilded bronze statue on horseback in the Magdeburg Old Market Square (Alter Markt) in front of Magdeburg City Hall (Rathaus). The original sandstone statue (c.1240) is in the Magdeburg Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistorisches Museum).

Ottonian Dynasty - Statue of Otto I "the Great", Holy Roman Emperor (d.973) at Einsiedeln Abbey / Kloster Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

In 947 Emperor Otto I confirmed the foundation of Einsiedeln Abbey and donated land.

In 965 Emperor Otto I named Gregory, the third Abbot of Einsiedeln, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire - and his successor Abbots held the title for over 800 years until 1806.


Statues adorning main façade of Cologne (Köln) City Hall (Rathaus), Germany.

Over 120 statues of individuals related to the history of Cologne adorn the City Hall tower and include:
Otto I "the Great", Holy Roman Emperor (d.937) [Ottonian Dynasty].


Holy Roman Emperor and Empress Burials in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (Rome).

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (d.983) [Ottonian Dynasty] and his 1st Cousin 3 Times Removed - Agnes of Poitou, Holy Roman Empress (d.1077) [House of Poitiers-Aquitaine (Ramnulfids)] - were the only Holy Roman Emperor and Empress to have been buried in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Emperor Otto II was husband of Theofano (d.991).
Empress Agnes was the 2nd wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1056) [Salian Dynasty].

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