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 Articles - Prince-elector
When the Duke of Bavaria was banned in 1706, the Elector Palatine returned to the office of Arch-Steward, and in 1710 the Elector of Hanover was promoted to the post of Arch-Treasurer.
The Dukes of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Saxony made themselves Kings, as did the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who was already King of Great Britain ; meanwhile, the Margrave of Baden elevated himself to the Grand-Ducal dignity.
Matters were complicated by the Duke of Bavaria's restoration in 1714 ; the Elector of Bavaria resumed the office of Arch-Steward, while the Elector Palatine returned to the post of Arch-Treasurer.
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 decendants of Richbald the Frank
Welf IV of_Bavaria [13552] ------ duke of Bavaria, 1071-1101 d.6_Nov_1101 Judith of_Flanders [12545] ------ b.1033 wife of Tostig of England m.ca.1071 wife of Welf IV, duke of Bavaria d.5_Mar_1094
Henry of_Saxony [13547] --------- (Henry the Lion) duke of Saxony, 1142-1180 duke of Bavaria, 1156-1180 d.1195 Matilda Plantagenet [11686] ----- b.1156, London, England m.1_Feb_1168, St Peter, Domkirche, Minden, Germany wife of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony d.28_Jun_1189, Brunswick, Germany
Henry I of_Bavaria [13589] ------ (Henry the Black) duke of Bavaria b.1074 d.13_Dec_1126 Wulfhilda of_Saxony [13522] ----- m.ca.1100 wife of Henry I, duke of Bavaria d.29_Dec_1126
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 HENRY II. (14891568) - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY II. (14891568)
11081139), surnamed the Proud, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, second son of Henry the Black, duke of Bavaria, and Wulfhild, daughter of Magnus Billung, duke of Saxony, was a member of the Welf family.
The league of Schmalkalden, led by P~ilip of Hesse and John Frederick, elector of Saxony, then took up arms to defend the towns; and in 1542 Brunswick was overrun and the duke forced tofiee.
His father and mother both died in 1126, and as his elder brother Conrad had entered the church, Henry became duke of Bavaria and shared the family possessions in Saxony, Bavaria and Swabia with his younger brother, Welf.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HENRY_II_1489_1568_.htm   (1472 words)

  
 Genealogy - The Rulers of Germany
Frederick I Barbarossa, Duke of Swabia, son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia and nephew of Conrad III.
Frederick II, son of Henry VI and of Matilda, daughter of King Henry II of England, and grandson of Frederick Barbarossa, was born 1194 and died 1250.
Henry I, (The Fowler), Duke of Saxony, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, was the first of the Saxon line of German Kings.
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 1100 - 1199
Henry the Lion is again excelled by Frederick I. Frederick I of the Holy Roman Empire (called Frederick Barbarossa) initiates the Third Crusade, handing the Holy Roman Empire to his son, Henry (later Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire).
Henry (later Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire) squashes a rebellion of nobles led by Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony.
Henry II argues with the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a' Becket, and attempts to decree that priest accused of crimes should be charged by royal courts.
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 charlemagne
..........................16 Frederick II Hohenstaufen Duke of Swabia +Judith of Bavaria
.............9 Henry II - 995 Duke of Bavaria +Gisela - 1000 of Burgundy
...........8 Henry Duke of Bavaria +Judith - 987 of Bavaria
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 Duke
Frederick V, Duke of Swabia Frederick V of Frederick III Barbarossa and Eleanor, Countess of Burgundy.
Duke of Cleveland The Dukedom of Cleveland was a Earldom of Chichester and Barony of Newbury, for Charles Fitzroy, the i...
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy Hugh I of Burgundy (Abbey of Cluny.
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 Duke
Henry II, Duke of Bavaria Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951-995) was the son of Henry I the Quarrelsome and Ju...
Frederick V, Duke of Swabia Frederick V of Frederick III Barbarossa and Eleanor, Countess of Burgundy.
Duke of Cleveland The Dukedom of Cleveland was a Earldom of Chichester and Barony of Newbury, for Charles Fitzroy, the i...
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 Articles - Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion (1129- August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180.
Henry long and faithfully supported his older cousin, Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) in the latter's attempts to solidify his hold on the Imperial Crown and his repeated wars with the cities of Lombardy and the Popes, several times turning the tide of battle in Frederick's favor with his fierce Saxon knights.
When Frederick Barbarossa went on the Crusade of 1189, Henry returned to Saxony where he mobilized an army of his faithful and conquered and ravaged the rich city of Bardowick as punishment for her illoyalty.
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 Sly's Twelfth Century Time Line
Henry the Lion is again exiled by Frederick I. Frederick I of the Holy Roman Empire  initiates the Third Crusade, handing the Holy Roman Empire to his son, Henry (later Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire).
Henry (later Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire) squashes a rebellion of nobles led by Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony.
Henry II argues with the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a' Becket, and attempts to decree that priests accused of crimes should be charged by royal courts.
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 Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
In the final showdown of Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony with the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, Frederick is triumphant and deprives Henry of his fiefs.
Bavaria was the only one of the Stem Duchies from the earliest days of the East Frankish Kingdom to end up preserving both its name and most of its territorial extent.
Bavaria is passed on to the Wittelsbachs, who hold it henceforth, actually all the way until 1918.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 53
He married Judith of Bavaria, daughter of Duke Welf I of Bavaria and Edith of Saxony (?), in February 819.
He married Emma of Andech (?), daughter of Duke Welf I of Bavaria and Edith of Saxony (?), in 827.
Duke Ludolph of Saxony was born circa 816.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
Brother of the Emperor Charles V. 1612 (408) Frederick Casimir, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
1661 (457) Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hermann I
Hermann was twice married, his second wife being Sophia, daughter of Duke Otto of Bavaria.
When Otto was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III, a number of German princes, among them Hermann, assembled at Nuremberg, in 1211, and chose in his place Frederick of Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily.
In the struggle that ensued Thuringia was again invaded by Otto, and Hermann was reduced to great distress, from which he was saved only by the timely arrival of Frederick, the newly elected emperor, at the news of which Otto turned back.
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 Franz
Franz Scholz Franz Scholz, priest and professor of theology, (1909-1998), was born in Lublin.
Franz Berwald The composer Franz Adolf Berwald was born in 1796, of a family with four generations of musicians.
Frederick W. Franz Frederick William Franz - (1945.
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 Duke
Henry II, Duke of Bavaria Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951-995) was the son of Henry I the Quarrelsome and Ju...
Frederick V, Duke of Swabia Frederick V of Frederick III Barbarossa and Eleanor, Countess of Burgundy.
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia Frederick II of House of Guelph.
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 The Light & the Dark: VADEMECUM - THE STAUFER ERA I
Duke Henry X the Proud had also been a candidate for the throne; as the next of kin of Lothar III he claimed the Duchy of Saxony, but Conrad, not wanting him to make so powerful, deposed him as Duke of Bavaria.
Duke Frederick built a new castle near Lorch (in the present Land Baden-Württemberg, between Stuttgart and Schwäbisch-Gmünd), which became the ancestral seat of the Staufer.
In 1079 Henry IV made Frederick of Büren Duke of Swabia; he married the emperor’s only daughter Agnes, which made him overnight an important person in the empire.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
Constantinople and the empire were divided among the emperor, the Venetians, and the chief crusaders; the Marquis of Montferrat received Thessalonica and Macedonia, with the title of king; Henry of Flanders became Lord of Adramyttion; Louis of Blois was made Duke of Nicæa, and fiefs were bestowed upon six hundred knights.
After a last expedition to defend Jaffa against Saladin, Richard declared a truce and embarked for Europe, 9 October, 1192, but did not reach his English realm until he had undergone a humiliating captivity at the hands of the Duke of Austria, who avenged in this way the insults offered him before Saint-Jean d'Acre.
Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine at the head of the people of Lorraine, the Germans, and the French from the north, followed the valley of the Danube, crossed Hungary, and arrived at Constantinople, 23 December, 1096.
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 FREDERICK I. - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERICK I.
Count Welf was made duke of Spoleto and margrave of Tuscany; Berthold VI., duke of Zahringen, was entrusted with extensive rights in Burgundy; and the kings nephew, Frederick, received the duchy of Swabia.
When his father died in 1147 Frederick became duke of Swabia, and immediately afterwards accompanied his uncle, the German king Conrad III., on his disastrous crusade, during which he greatly distinguished himself and won the complete confidence of the king.
Jasomirgott, margrave of Austria, to Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony; and the former was pacified by the erection of his margraviate into a duchy, while Fredericks step-brother Conrad was invested with the Palatinate of the Rhine.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FREDERICK_I_.htm   (2689 words)

  
 Henry X, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While engaged in this struggle Henry was also occupied in suppressing a rising in Bavaria, led by Frederick, Count of Bogen, during which both duke and count sought to establish their own candidates in the Bishopric of Regensburg.
He was the son of Henry the Black, Duke of Bavaria, and Wulfhild, daughter of Magnus Billung, Duke of Saxony, and thus a member of the Welf family.
Henry, known as the Proud (1108 - October 20, 1139), was Duke of Bavaria (Henry X, 1126-1139) and Duke of Saxony (Henry II, 1138-1139).
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 Articles - Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion (1129 - August 6, 1195 ; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180.
He was the son of Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who was the son of duke Welf IV and an heiress of the Billungs, former dukes of Saxony.
Henry long and faithfully supported his older cousin, Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) in the latter's attempts to solidify his hold on the Imperial Crown and his repeated wars with the cities of Lombardy and the Popes, several times turning the tide of battle in Frederick's favor with his fierce Saxon knights.
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 Frederick Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The duchy of Bavaria was transferred from Henry II Jasomirgott, margrave of Austria, who became duke of Austria in compensation, to Frederick's formidable younger cousin Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, of the House of Guelph, whose father had already held both duchies.
As son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia (German Schwaben) and Judith of Bavaria, from the rival House of Guelph (or Welf), Frederick descended from Germany's two leading principal families, making him an acceptable choice for the Empire's princely electors as heir to royal crown.
Frederick's campaign was stopped by the sudden outbreak of the plague which threatened to destroy the Imperial army and drove the emperor as a fugitive to Germany, where he remained for the ensuing six years.
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 OTTO IV. - LoveToKnow Article on OTTO IV.
Early in 984 the king was seized by Henry II., the Quarrelsome, the deposed duke of Bavaria, who claimed the regency as a member of the reigning house, and probably entertained the idea of obtaining the kingly dignity himself.
After suppressing a rising in Lorraine, difficulties arose in southern Germany, probably owing to Ottos refusal to grant the duchy of Swabia to Henry II., the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria.
Having occupied Tuscany he marched into Apulia, part of the kingdom of Frederick of Hohenstaufen, afterwards the emperor Frederick II., and on the i8th of November 1210 was excommunicated by the pope.
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria was now commissioned by the Emperor to inspect the case, and protect the conventual clergy and other Catholics at Donauwörth in the exercise of their religion.
In Bavaria Duke William V, whose ultramontane tendencies were shown by his concordat with Pope Gregory XIII (1583), warmly favoured the idea of a working alliance among the Catholic Princes.
Of these the eldest, Maria Eleonora, was married to the mad Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia ; which duchy was administered for him by Margrave George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach, one of the leaders of the advanced Protestant party in the Empire.
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 TANNHAUSER - LoveToKnow Article on TANNHAUSER
After Duke Frederick's death he was received at the court of Otto II., duke of Bavaria; but, being of a restless disposition, and having wasted his fortune, he spent much time in wandering about Germany.
, or TANHUSER, German Minnesinger of the i3th century, who lived for a time at the court of Frederick II., duke of Austria.
He also went as a Crusader to the Holy Land.
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 Henry III --  Encyclopædia Britannica
duke of Saxony (1142–80) and of Bavaria (as Henry XII, 1156–80), a strong supporter of the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, 1027–41), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, 1038–45), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (1046–56), member of the Salian dynasty.
The dynasty was founded by Frederick I, duke of Swabia, who died in 1105.
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 Henry X --  Encyclopædia Britannica
byname Henry The Proud, German Heinrich Der Stolze margrave of Tuscany, duke of Saxony (as Henry II), and duke of Bavaria, a member of the Welf dynasty, whose policies helped to launch the feud between the Welf and the Hohenstaufen dynasties that was to influence German politics for more than a century.
Upon his father's death in 1126 Henry became duke of Bavaria as Henry X. In May 1127 he married Gertrude, daughter…
In an age known largely for the exploits of kings, princes, dukes, and their warriors, Eleanor of Aquitaine stood out as one of the most remarkable of women.
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 The History of Protestantism - Volume Third - Book Twenty-first - The Thirty Years' War
The Duke of Bavaria was joined by Duke Leopold of Austria, and the Prince-bishops of Wurzburg, Ratisbon, Augsburg, Constance, Strasburg, Passau, and by several abbots.
First of all came the accession of Silesia and Moravia to the insurrection; the deposition of Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia, and the election of Frederick, Elector of the Palatinate, in his room.
Ferdinand accordingly passed sentence on Frederick, depriving him of his dominions and dignities, as a traitor to the emperor and a disturber of the public peace.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
1661 (457) Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia.
Convicted of treason on the accusation of his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester,afterwards Richard III, he is said to have been drowned in a butt of Malmsey.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
1603 (393) Henry Frederick (Stuart), Duke of Rothesay.
1661 (457) Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia.
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