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  Merchant Mariners at Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp in Germany World War II
Some went immediately to Germany, others were put in solitary confinement and questioned for days by officials at Wilhelmshaven.
Captain Henry Stephenson, of New Rochelle, N. Y., Master of the Grace Line's SS Santa Rita, was confined for two and a half years at Milag Nord, 16 miles from Bremen and 30 miles from Hamburg.
Lager VII, Stabslager, living quarters for the administrative personnel of the entire establishment.
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  Henry (VII) of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry (VII) (1211 – February 10, 1242), was King of the Romans, King of Sicily, and Duke of Swabia.
Henry, the first son of Frederick II and Constance of Aragon, was born in 1211 in Sicily.
Henry was kept prisoner in various places in Apulia and died on February 12, 1242 in Martirano, possibly from the consequences of an attempted suicide.
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 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry VII then travelled to Rome to be crowned as emperor, the title having been vacant since the death of Frederick II.
Henry wanted to punish Robert of Naples for his disloyal actions (Robert was technically Henry's vassal), but he died on August 24, 1313, near Siena.
Henry VII's success in Italy was not lasting, however, and after his death the anti-imperialist forces regained control.
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 Henry VII and Castile
Henry's policy, besides, in requiring bonds and securities for every position of trust, joined to his continued watchfulness, naturally inclined all men who had anything to lose to become firm supporters of his government.
The Spanish ambassador in Germany was also instructed by Ferdinand to press for Suffolk's expulsion or extradition; but the exile made a timely escape, and after a vain effort to obtain assistance from the count palatine, entered the territory of Gueldres with the view of passing through it to George, Duke of Saxony, in Friesland.
Henry had been willing, if the marriage could have been arranged, to reside at times in the Low Countries for their more efficient government; or he would have agreed, if desired, that the administration should still be carried on in the name of Margaret only.
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 Pope Gregory VII
In Germany there was a speedy and general revulsion of sentiment in favor of Gregory, and the particularism of the princes utilized the auspicious moment for prosecuting their anti-regal policy under the cloak of respect for the papal decision.
Henry, they declared, must make reparation to the pope and pledge himself to obedience; and they settled that, if, on the anniversary of his excommunication, he still lay under the ban, the throne should be considered vacant.
In Germany at the beginning of his reign the higher ranks of the clergy stood aloof from him and were confirmed in their attitude by some of his regulations.
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 Chronology of the Middle Ages in Europe
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, invaded Bavaria and proclaimed himself successor to its ducal throne.
Henry, the son of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, was crowned king of Italy in Milan.
At Palermo, Henry VI, son of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, was crowned King of Sicily and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Gregory VII
Near the close of the year 1057 he went once more to Germany to reconcile the Empress-regent Agnes and her court to the (merely) canonical election of Pope Stephen X (1057-1058).
In sending the formal announcement of his elevation to Henry IV of Germany, he took occasion to indicate frankly the attitude, which, as sovereign pontiff, he was prepared to assume in dealing with the Christian princes, and, with a note of grave personal warning besought the king not to bestow his approval.
Henry's conduct toward the pope was meanwhile characterized by the greatest duplicity, and, when he went so far as to threaten to set up an antipope, Gregory renewed in 1080 the sentence of excommunication against him.
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 1100 - 1199
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.
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.
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 Pope St. Gregory VII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The pontificate of St. Gregory VII was to be one long struggle for the freedom of the Church and the reform of the clergy.
Henry's response was to convene a council at Worms in January 1076 to declare the Pope deposed.
Henry IV succeeded again in capturing Rome; his son Henry VI persuaded him to renounce his power, but proved to be as evil as his father.
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 Henry VII --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
The founder of the Tudor monarchy was Henry VII.
The second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was one of England's strongest and least popular monarchs.
Pope Gregory VII's 11th-century removal of Henry IV from the throne of Germany, one of the episodes of the Investiture Controversy.
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 Henry VII
Henry, the second son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort, was born in Pembroke Castle in 1457.
Margaret Beaufort was the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt and Henry Tudor was therefore considered the future leader of the House of Lancaster.
Henry had been for some time in a declining state of health, and this encouraged an astrologer to foretell his death, and that it would happen before the end of the year...
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 SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Twenty-seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In January 1077 Gregory made a rest stop along the journey to Germany and was the guest of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany at her mountain chateau at Canossa (on the north slopes of the Apennines south of the Po River).
Henry IV's quick action at Canossa had averted his being deposed, but a number of German nobles who had been scarcely able to contain their joy at the prospect of being rid of him felt that the pope had betrayed them.
Henry V took the Pope and thirteen cardinals into protective custody when it became obvious that Pope's ruling was not going to be accepted.
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 Henry VIII
Henry, the second son of Henry VII, was born in Greenwich, in 1491.
Henry sent a message to the Pope arguing that his marriage to Catherine had been invalid as she had previously been married to his brother Arthur.
Henry divorced Anne and in 1540 married Catherine Howard, a niece of the Duke of Norfolk.
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 Later crises in Italy and Germany. (from Henry IV) --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The escape and death of Gregory VII and the presence of Clement III in Rome caused a crisis in the reform movement of the church, from which, however, it quickly recovered under the pontificate of Urban II (1088–1099).
The marriage, arranged by Urban in 1089, of the 17-year-old Welf V of Bavaria with the 43-year-old countess Matilda of Tuscany, a zealous adherent of the cause of reform in the church, allied Henry's opponents in southern Germany and Italy.
Henry was forced to invade Italy once more in 1090, but, after initial success, his defeat in 1092 resulted in the uprisings in Lombardy; and the rebellion of his son Conrad, who was crowned king of Italy by the Lombards, led to general rebellion.
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 ST. GREGORY VII
With St. Gregory VII the fight against abuses reached a new pitch of intensity.
Henry's answer was to hold his own synod at Worms and have his subservient bishops condemn Gregory.
Henry, knowing his unpopularity with many nobles, had no wish to face this assembly.
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 Henry, VII Biography / Biography of Henry, VII Biography
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When he was elected Holy Roman emperor in November 1308, Henry, Count of Luxemburg, was the ruler of a modest territory between Germany, France, and Flanders.
Henry was elected precisely because of his meager personal resources, and, like his predecessors, he used some of the imperial resources to increase the wealth and power of his dynasty.
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 Tudor Kings & Queens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Henry VIII was the son of Henry VII.
Henry VIII needed a son to provide a male heir to the throne and so he tried to persuade her to become a Nun.
Henry sent the painter Holbein to Germany to paint a picture of Anne so that he could see what she looked like and decided to marry her as this made her look pretty.
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 Germany 5 from Hospitality North, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Henry, when he came of age, objected to this policy and revolted but was quickly deposed and imprisoned by his father.
Germany suffered the turmoil of the Great Interregnum (1254-1273), during which foreigners claimed the crown and the princes won a six-century ascendancy.
Anxious to restore imperial claims to Italy, Henry VII crossed the Alps in 1310 and temporarily subdued Lombardy; he was crowned by the Roman people, because the popes had left Rome and were then living in Avignon, France -- the so-called Babylonian Captivity.
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 Germany A-E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Anhalt Principalities (raised to Duchies in 1807) were established as a County in 1212 by a grandson Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg and conqueror of the Wends.
Several adjacent districts in northwestern Germany, sandwiched between Overijssel in the Netherlands to the west, and lands of the Bishops of Münster to the east.
Thereafter, the descendents of Henry the Lion and Otto IV managed their extensive allodial lands and, though partitioned a great deal, grew in power and influence until old Saxony was theirs once again.
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 World Almanac for Kids
Germany has a temperate climate; the lowlands of the N are somewhat warmer than the higher elevations in the central and S regions.
Germany’s principal seaports are Hamburg, Bremerhaven, and Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea, and Lübeck and Rostock on the Baltic.
Anxious to restore imperial claims to Italy, Henry VII crossed the Alps in 1310 and temporarily subdued Lombardy; he was crowned by the Roman people, because the popes had left Rome and were then living in Avignon, France—the so-called Babylonian Captivity.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Emperor Henry GERMANY, IV ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
Henry, standing on the precedents of a century, never doubted his right to make such appointments; he fought Gregory for ten years in diplomacy and war, and literally to the death, in one of the bitterest conflicts in medieval history.
Henry did not yield, and it was not until the Saxon rebellion that he was ready to negotiate.
Henry was forced to invade Italy once more in 1090, but after initial success, his defeat in 1092 resulted in the uprisings in Lombardy; and the rebellion of his son Conrad, who was crowned king of Italyby the Lombards, led to general rebellion.
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 Gregory VII, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
As Pope Gregory VII (from 1073) he convoked reform synods and issued decrees that forbade, under pain of excommunication, clerical marriage (and concubinage) and simony.
In Germany, Henry IV joined with the nobles against the reform, and in a dispute with Gregory he was excommunicated (1076).
The excommunication cost Henry much of his popularity, and in 1077 he humbled himself before the pope at Canossa.
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 Cultural Catholic - Pope Gregory VII
Cardinal Hildebrand was elected pope on April 22, 1073, and Pope Gregory VII was consecrated pontiff on June 30, 1073.
Pope Gregory VII remained neutral in the civil war that followed in Germany; but in 1079 Pope Gregory VII decreed that King Henry IV be deposed when it became clear that King Henry IV would not cooperate with the forces working for peace in the empire.
Pope Gregory VII died in 1085 and was interred in Saint Matthew Church in Salerno.
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 The Six Wives
To King Henry VII of England, a second son, Prince Henry,was born at the Greenwich Palace, London, on June 28, 1491.
Henry's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was Anne of Cleves's maid of honor.
Pope Clement VII refused to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine.
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 Henry VII of Luxembourg (from Germany) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
History > Germany from 1250 to 1493 > 1250 to 1378 > The rise of the Habsburgs and Luxembourgs > Henry VII of Luxembourg
Archbishop Baldwin of Trier sponsored the candidacy of his brother, Count Henry of Luxembourg, who was elected at Frankfurt am Main in 1308 as Henry VII.
The house of Luxembourg (Luxemburg) was not a major territorial power, and Henry lost no time in exploiting his new status to extend its possessions.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Henry IV: Letter to Gregory VII, Jan 24 1076
King Henry IV of Germany (1056-1106) in January 1076, condemned Gregory as a usurper.
Henry, king not through usurpation but through the holy ordination of God, to Hildebrand, at present not pope but false monk.
I Henry, king by the grace of God, do say unto thee, together with all our bishops: Descend, descend, to be damned throughout the ages.
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 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A record of the rulers of German states is an exceedingly complex undertaking, inasmuch as German feudal theory encouraged rampant subdivision of territories within various branches of governing noble families.
These conditions created between the 12th and 18th centuries many hundreds of small or often miniscule statelets, each with a considerable degree of autonomy, each with its own peculiar traditions and customs, and each liable to be united with its neighbours - or further subdivided - depending upon genealogical accident.
I have yet to link most of the references I intend to join yet, and beyond that, the data itself must be regarded as tentative, since sources for this material vary widely in reliability and completeness.
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 Sly's Twelfth Century Time Line
His younger brother, Henry I of England, win support of the nobles and church by issuing a charter of liberties acknowledging their rights.
Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany return from the crusade.
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).
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