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Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (German: Heinrich der Fromme) (16 March 1473, in Dresden – 18 August 1541, in Dresden) was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony , a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church ...
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Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Henry IV (German: Heinrich IV;...
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Appointed by Emperor Henry V in opposition to Duke Lothar....
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Henry the Lion (German: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6...
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Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Henry IV (German: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054.
Appointed by Emperor Henry V in opposition to Duke Lothar. With the removal of the Welfs in 1180, the Duchy of Saxony was sharply reduced in territory. Westphalia fell to the Archbishop of Cologne, while the Duchy of Brunswick remained with the Welfs.
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Born in Ravensburg, in 1129 or 1131, he was the son of Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who was the heir of the Billungs, former dukes of Saxony. Henry's mother was Gertrude, only daughter of Emperor Lothair II and Empress Richenza, heiress of the Saxon territories of Northeim and the properties of the Brunones, counts of Brunswick. Hen...
Henry the Lion did not relinquish his claims to his inheritance, and Conrad returned Saxony to him in 1142. A participant in the 1147 Wendish Crusade, Henry also reacquired Bavaria by a decision of the new emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, in 1156. However, the East Mark was not returned and became the Duchy of Austria. Henry was the founder of Munich...
Barbarossa's expedition into Lombardy ultimately ended in failure. He bitterly resented Henry for failing to support him. Taking advantage of the hostility of other German princes to Henry, who had successfully established a powerful and contiguous state comprising Saxony, Bavaria and substantial territories in the north and east of Germany, Freder...
By his first wife, Clementia of Zähringen (divorced 1162), daughter of Duke Conrad I of Zähringenand Clemence of Namur, Henry had: 1. Gertrude (1155–1197), who married first Duke Frederick IV of Swabia and then King Canute VI of Denmark. 2. Richenza (c. 1157 – 1167) 3. Henry, who died young By his second wife, Matilda (married 1168), daughter of Ki...
The Henry the Lion Bible is preserved in near-mint condition from the year 1170; it is located in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, a town in Lower Saxony. Henry the Lion remains a popular figure to this day. During World War I, a nail man depicting Henry the Lion, called Eiserner Heinrich, was used in Brunswick to raise funds for the Germ...
Arnold, Benjamin (1996). "Henry the Lion and His Time. Lordship and Representation of the Welf Dynasty 1125–1235". Journal of Medieval History. 22 (4): 379–393. doi:10.1016/S0304-4181(96)00029-2.Emmerson, Richard K. (2013). Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77518-5.Jordan, Karl (1986). Henry the Lion. A Biography. ISBN 0-19-821969-5.Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936.
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony, a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church as the state religion in his domains.
Article History. Henry IV. Born: November 11, 1050, Goslar?, Saxony. Died: August 7, 1106, Liège, Lorraine (aged 55) Title / Office: king (1054-1106), Germany. House / Dynasty: Salian dynasty. Notable Family Members: mother Agnes of Poitou.
