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Henry II with his wife Cunigunde of Luxemburg. Saint Henry II (972 – 13 July 1024), called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. Categories: 972 births. 1024 deaths. Holy Roman Emperors. Christian saints.
Jul 13, 2023 · St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. The son of the Duke of Bavaria (a region of southern Germany), St. Henry (973-1024) was educated by the Bishop of Ratisbon, St. Wolfgang, and in 995 he succeeded his father as duke. Otto III, the Holy Roman Emperor (ruler of Germany and northern Italy), was his cousin, and upon Otto’s death in 1002, Henry was ...
Mar 23, 2023 · English: Henry II (973 (?)—1024) was king (as of 1002) and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1014—1024). Deutsch: Krönung Heinrichs II., Christus setzt ihm selbst die Krone auf. Als Zeichen seiner Macht werden ihm von Emmeram (rechts) das Reichsschwert und Ulrich I. von Augsburg (links) die Heilige Lanze überreicht.
Henry II (German: Heinrich II; Italian: Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, Henry became King of the Romans ("Rex Romanorum") following the sudden death of his ...
Conrad II (born c. 990—died June 4, 1039, Utrecht, Ger., Holy Roman Empire) was a German king (1024–39) and Holy Roman emperor (1027–39), founder of the Salian dynasty. During his reign, he proved that the German monarchy had become a viable institution. Since the survival of the monarchy was no longer primarily dependent on a compact ...
The Holy Roman Empire was established in 962 under Otto the Great. Later emperors were crowned by the pope or other Catholic bishops. In 1530 Charles V became the last Holy Roman emperor to be crowned by a pope, Clement VII, albeit in Bologna. Thereafter, until the abolition of the empire in 1806, no further crownings by the pope were held.
German King and Holy Roman Emperor, son of Duke Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian Princess Gisela; b. 972; d. in his palace of Grona, at Gottingen, 13 July, 1024. Like his predecessor, Otto III, he had the literary education of his time. In his youth he had been destined for the priesthood.
