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He is remembered chiefly for his conflict with Emperor Henry IV in the Investiture Controversy. Gregory’s excommunication of the emperor gave rise to a bitter quarrel that ended when Henry begged for forgiveness in a memorable scene at Canossa, Italy, in 1077. A renewed quarrel led Gregory to excommunicate the emperor again in 1080, and Henry ...
Henry V. Innocent II. Concordat of Worms, compromise arranged in 1122 between Pope Calixtus II (1119–24) and the Holy Roman emperor Henry V (reigned 1106–25) settling the Investiture Controversy, a struggle between the empire and the papacy over the control of church offices. It had arisen between Emperor Henry IV (1056–1106) and Pope ...
May 17, 2018 · Henry IV (1050-1106) was Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany from 1056 to 1106. An able, ruthless, and secretive monarch, he led the empire into a disastrous confrontation with Pope Gregory VII in the Investiture Controversy. Born in Goslar, Saxony, Henry IV was the only son of Emperor Henry III and Agnes of Poitou.
Aug 4, 2017 · 12th century illustration showing Hugh of Cluny, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and Matilda of Tuscany from the Life of the Countess Matilda of Canossa. The account written by a supporter of Countess Matilda has her playing more of a central role in the affair, acting as the key intermediary.
The Holy Roman emperor was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne became the first emperor of what was later defined as the Holy Roman Empire when Pope Leo III proclaimed him ’emperor of the Romans’ in the year 800. The last Holy Roman Emperor was Francis II, who dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Henry V - Holy Roman Emperor - 1111-1125. Henry V (11 August 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. Henry's reign coincided with the final phase of the great Investiture Controversy, which had pitted pope against emperor.
In 1104 the young Henry rebelled. In 1105 he imprisoned his father and forced him to abdicate. Henry IV escaped and was building an army when he died on August 7, 1106, in Liège. (1050–1106). Of the seven men named Henry who ruled the Holy Roman Empire between 919 and 1313, Henry IV was the most controversial. His conflict with Pope Gregory ...
