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Henry II was canonised by Pope Eugene III in 1146. As his marriage with Cunigunde of Luxembourg remained childless, the Ottonian dynasty became extinct with the death of Henry II in 1024. The crown passed to Conrad II of the Salian dynasty, great-grandson of Liutgarde, a daughter of Otto I, and the Salian duke Conrad the Red of Lorraine.
Henry the Lion. views 1,746,920 updated. Henry the Lion, 1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–80) and of Bavaria (1156–80); son of Henry the Proud. His father died (1139) while engaged in a war to regain his duchies, and it was not until 1142 that Henry the Lion became duke of Saxony. Bavaria was restored to him after the accession of his cousin ...
Otto the Great was the most powerful figure in Europe in the first half of the 10th Century. His reign extended from Duke of Saxony to King of East Francia and then to Holy Roman Emperor. He ruled over a vast amount of territory. He was born on Nov. 23, 912, in East Francia. His father was Henry the Fowler, who was then Duke of Saxony.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. HENRY (1129-1195), surnamed the "Lion," duke of Saxony and Bavaria, only son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Gertrude, daughter of the emperor Lothair the Saxon, was born at Ravensburg, and was a member of the family of Welf. In 1138 the German king Conrad III. had sought to deprive Henry the Proud of his ...
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The German King Conrad III had, after a dispute, removed Henry the Proud as duke of both Bavaria and Saxony, giving the former to Leopold of Austria and the latter to Albert the Bear. Thus, when Henry the Proud died, in 1139, his son Henry had no titles to inherit. The German king returned Saxony to young Henry in 1142.
Henry the Lion, a medieval Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, was one of the first, great German princes who wielded immense influence as a politician and a patron of the arts. His thirst for power put him in conflict with his cousin Frederick Barbarossa, whose imperial policies he had originally supported.
