The
Ottonian dynasty was a
Saxon dynasty of
German monarchs (919–1024), named after its first Emperor
Otto I, but also known as the
Saxon dynasty after the family's origin in the German
stem duchy of
Saxony. The family itself is also sometimes known as the
Liudolfings (
Liudolfinger), after its earliest known member Count
Liudolf (d. 866) and one of its primary leading-names. The Ottonian rulers were successors of the
Carolingian dynasty in
East Francia.