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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.
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).
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].
Other Images grouped by theme
Switzerland - Lords of Grandson (Grandson Castle); de La Sarraz family (La Sarraz Castle); Counts of Gruyeres (Gruyeres Castle); Lay Abbots of St. Maurice (Abbey); Bishop of Lausanne (Lausanne Cathedral) ...
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