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Wulfhilde of Saxony. Henry the Proud ( German: Heinrich der Stolze) ( c. 1108 – 20 October 1139), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Bavaria (as Henry X) from 1126 to 1138 and Duke of Saxony (as Henry II) as well as Margrave of Tuscany and Duke of Spoleto from 1137 until his death. In 1138 he was a candidate for the election as King ...
Mar 25, 2021 · Saxony. Deutsch: Heinrich der Fromme (* 16. März 1473 in Dresden; † 18. August 1541 ebenda) aus dem Hause der albertinischen Wettiner war von 1539 bis 1541 Herzog von Sachsen und als Heinrich V. auch Markgraf von Meißen. English: Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (b. Dresden, 16 March 1473 – d. Dresden, 18 August 1541) was a Duke of ...
1260–1296 joint rule of Saxony with his brother John I, Duke of Saxony (till 1282) and thereafter with the latter's sons Albert III, Eric I, and John II. In 1296 uncle and nephews had partitioned Saxony into the Wittenberg line, where Albert II continued as sole ruler, and the Lauenburg line, where his nephews ruled jointly (see section Dukes ...
Henry IV of Mecklenburg, because of his obesity and lavish lifestyle also called the "Henry the Fat", was the son of the Duke John IV of Mecklenburg and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg . He inherited Mecklenburg when his father died in 1422. His mother, Catherine, and his uncle, Albert V, acted as Regents until 1436.
Henry was the second son of Duke Welf I of Bavaria (died 1101) from his marriage with Judith, [1] daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. As a young man, he administered the family's Este property south of the Alps. Through his marriage to Wulfhilde, daughter of Duke Magnus of Saxony, [1] about 1095, he acquired part of the Billung estates ...
Magnus (c. 1045 – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway, he was the last member of the House of Billung. Rebellion. In 1070, before he was duke, he joined Otto of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria, in rebellion against the Salian Emperor Henry IV. Otto was accused of being ...
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony. Mother. Catherine of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. Religion. Roman Catholic (1521-1536) Lutheran (1536-1553) Signature. Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) was Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty ...
