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East Germany Saxon Dynasty, 919 - 1024
The Saxon kings succeeded in establishing a monarchy, which
subordinated the territorial dukes and reversed the particularist
trend. They founded a new empire, established the principle of
hereditary succession, and increased the crown lands, the
foundation of monarchical power. The Saxon kings also encouraged
eastward expansion and colonization, thereby extending German
rule to the Slavic territories of Poland and Bohemia and to
Austria. In 962, Otto I (Otto the Great), who had gained control
of the Middle Kingdom, was formally crowned Holy Roman Emperor,
an event that marked the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire of
the German Nation.
Data as of July 1987
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