Henry, Otto, and more dead kings of Saxon also encouraged the expansion to the east and colonization, thereby extending the rule to German Slavic parts of the territories of Poland and Bohemia. The expansion to the west of Magyars’a been halted by Otto in 955 at the battle of this Rocket German Review Lechfeld in southern Germany. In 962 Otto, who also won the kingdom’s plea was formally crowned King of the Romans. The owner of this title, in time, would be known as Holy Roman Emperor. The coronation came to be seen as the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire, an institution which lasted until 1806 and has profoundly influenced the course of German history.

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