Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor at the age of 16 by Pope Gregory V, on May 21, 996 in Rome. Ottos' mother Theophanu and grandmother Adelaide had served as regents for him since he was a child, when he was crowned King of Germany at age three.
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