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Also Known As Otto of Nordheim • Otto von Nordheim
Died January 11, 1083
Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
Philip
Philip
king of Germany
Stoiber, Edmund
Edmund Stoiber
German politician
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
German chancellor
Frederick
king of Germany
Rudolf
antiking of Germany
Hermann I, detail of a miniature from his psalter
Hermann I
landgrave of Thuringia
Conrad
king of the Germans
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
August Thyssen
German industrialist
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
chancellor of Germany
“Queen of Europe”
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany