WI: Battle of Lechfeld a Magyar Victory, King Otto Killed

So King Otto I of Germany had brought three Bavarian contingents, two Swabian contingents, a continent of Franconains and Bohemians each, and a royal contingent under Otto himself consisting primarily of Saxons and Thuringians. All together he had an estimated 8,000 men. The Magyars had an estimated double this number in light cavalry.

OTL a feint allowed a flanking force to circle the Germans and attack their camp, massacring the Bohemian contingent that was guarding it, before attacking the Swabian contingents which were on the left flank of the Germans. The Swabians held long enough for Otto to order his son-in-law Conrad to lead the Franconians that were on the far right flank and overextended to withdraw before hitting the Magyar flanking force from the rear. Conrad pulled this off OTL, crushing the Magyar force between his Franconian contingent and the Swabians. Otto then led his forces forward, trapping the enemy in melee combat where their typical skirmish tactics were impossible, driving them from the field, and hunting them down afterwards.

What if however the flanking force saw Otto's standard and attacked the center's rear? After firing arrows at the royal contingents rear, they ride down the German line towards the right flank while firing arrows at the rear (Otto had arrayed his forces in a single line with no reserves, so light horse could conceivably ride down while merely harassing the rear of the German line). Conrad is still ordered to pull out and attack the flanking force, but without the Magyars being trapped between him and the Swabians, they are able to outmaneuver him and avoid melee combat. When Conrad catches an arrow through the throat (his OTL death in this same battle), his forces are rendered disorganized enough for the Magyar's to disengage. Otto leads his slightly weakened forces forward like OTL, but the still active flanking force hits the center from the rear again after losing the Franconians. Otto catches an arrow through the visor, and his death causes his contingent to break.

The end result is a Magyar victory. The royal and Franconian contingent flee with maybe half their numbers surviving, the Bavarian contingents are surrounded when the center breaks and only break out after suffering heavy losses, while the Swabians retreat in good order. I'm going to say of the original 8,000 German soldiers, only 4,500 survive. King Otto is among the dead, alongside Duke Conrad. The Magyars lose maybe 1,000.

How would this affect things? Otto had vassalized King Berengar II of Italy, but hadn't led the subsequent campaigns to Italy that had him proclaimed King of Italy and Holy Roman Empire. Could Berengar II hold Italy? Otto's son and heir, Liudolf, is still alive. How would he rule, and he actually received an assist as the Swabian contingents got out relatively whole and he was the Duke of Swabia at the time? How would a victory at Lechfeld affect Magyar politics and the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary?
 

Pellaeon

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Perhaps the Magyars continue raiding Europe for another century or two? Then settle down farther west than what they did OTL?
 
Berengar would probably declare his independence, Luitdolf would be worried to scramble the parts of the army that remained to secure his succession to the throne, the Magyars could raid whatever they wanted, etc.
 
Likely no HRE and a temporarily weaker East Francian Kingdom.
The imperial title/power would probably be confined to the Alpine kingdoms if resumed.
Carp has written a good TL with a different (Italian) POD but gives similar results.
 
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