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Warin (died 9 September 984) was the Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, from 976 to 984. [1]
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Warin (died 9 September 984) was the Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, from 976 to 984. [1]
Warin's origins are not recorded. He became a cleric of the Cathedral in Cologne.
Warin became the Archbishop of Cologne in 976. In 983 the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II entrusted Warin with the education of his son and heir Otto. He crowned Otto as king of Germany in Aachen on Christmas Day of that year. However, after Otto II's death in 984, he handed Otto III to Henry the Saint and supported the latter's overtures to the German throne.
Warin died in 984 and was buried in the Abbey of St. Martin.
Theophanu was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991. She was the niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. She was known to be a forceful and capable ruler. Her status in the history of the Empire in many ways was exceptional. According to Wilson, "She became the only consort to receive the title 'co-empress', and it was envisaged she would succeed as sole ruler if Otto II died without a son."
Year 984 (CMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
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