Otto I
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Otto I "the Great" was one of the first to attempt to establish a German nation-state. Otto ruled from A.D. 936 to 973, allied himself with the pope and attempted to establish a "Holy Roman Empire." His efforts did not succeed in uniting Germany as one nation, however.