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	The Royal Family throughout the Year
		Henry, Duke of Albany (Consort of Queen Mary II and I) died, 1567
		H.R.H. The Princess Gabrielle and H.S.H. The Duke of Croy married, 1953
		H.R.H. The Princess Marie-Caroline and H.R.H. The Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg married, 1991
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	Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry II established courts in various parts of England, and first instituted the royal practice of granting magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
		Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, probably began in 1165, during one of his Welsh campaigns, and continued until her death in 1176.
		Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart (1157—1199), with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 6, 1189 and lies entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region of present-day France.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Henry_II_of_England (1778 words)

	Henry X, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry, known as the Proud (around 1108 – October 20, 1139), was Duke of Bavaria (Henry X, 1126-1139), Duke of Saxony (Henry II, 1138-1139), and Margrave of Tuscany (1137-1139).
		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.
		After the marriage, Henry took part in the warfare between the king and the Hohenstaufen brothers, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and Conrad, afterwards the German king Conrad III.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Saxony (483 words)

	HENRY THE LION - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY THE LION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry, however, refused to give up the lands which he had seized belonging to the bishopric, and this conduct provoked a war in which Ulalrich was soon joined by Philip, archbishop of Cologne.
		Henry sought for peace, and the conditions were settled at Erfurt in November 118,, when he was granted the counties of LUneburg and Brunswick, but was banished under oath nOt to return without the emperors permission.
		Henry passed his later years mainly at his castle of Brunswick, where he died on the 6th of August 1195, and was buried in the church of St Blasius which he had founded in the town.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HENRY_THE_LION.htm (1348 words)

	HENRY II. (14891568) - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY II. (14891568) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HENRY I. (15121580), king of Portugal, third son of Emanuel the Fortunate, was born in Lisbon, on the 31st of January 1512.
		(14891568), duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, was a son of Duke Henry I. and was born on the 10th of November 1489.
		Henry was among the princes who banded themselves together to crush Albert, and after the death of Maurice, elector of Saxony, at Sievershausen in July 1553, he tOok command of the allied troops and defeated Albert in two engagements.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HENRY_II_1489_1568_.htm (1472 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony
		Henry the Lion refused to aid the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in his campaign against the cities of Lombardy in 1176, consequently in 1180 the bann of the empire was proclaimed against Henry at Würzburg, and 1181 the old Duchy of Saxony was cut up at the Diet of Gelnhausen into many small portions.
		Duke Ernest, the founder of the Ernestine line, received by the Partition of Leipzig the Duchy of Saxony and the electoral dignity united with it, besides the Landgravate of Thuringia; Albert, the founder of the Albertine line, received the Margravate of Meissen.
		The Vicariate Apostolic of Saxony, and the Prefecture Apostolic of Saxon Upper Lusatia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13497b.htm (7923 words)

	Encyclopedia: Henry II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry, the Young King Henry the Young King (February 28, 1155â€“June 11, 1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
		Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 – September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel (The Fair) or Geoffrey Plantagenet, was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
		The Assize of Clarendon was an act of King Henry II of England of 1166, whereby trial by jury became the norm in England, replacing unfair alternatives such as trial by combat.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henry-II-of-England (6615 words)

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		Henry first attempted to continue his mother's war against Stephen after she had returned to Normandy in 1148, but Henry was a young squire of fifteen without sufficient resources to maintain such an effort.
		Henry's strength of character, his papal authority, and the immense resources upon which he could draw made him an impossible man to challenge, and by 1158 he had restored an order to England and its subservient kingdoms which it had not known to such a degree for many lifetimes.
		Henry's third son, Geoffrey, was killed in an accident at a tournament in Paris in August 1186.
	www.historyincoins.com /hen2.htm (2187 words)

	My Family Line
		Henry Hart was born on 1 Dec 1780 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.
		Parents: I, DUKE OF SAXONY HENRY and MATILDA OF, QUEEN OF THE GERMANS RINGLEHEIM.
		DUKE OF CAMBRIA AND CORNWALL HENWIN Parents: DUKE OF CAMBRIA AND CORNWALL BLEDDUD.
	www.exiledangel.com /mcdonald/tree/d17.htm (905 words)

	Henry II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As part of his penance for the death of Becket, Henry agreed to send money to the Crusader states in Palestine, which the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar would guard until Henry arrived to make use of it on pilgrimage or crusade.
		Henry's illegitimate son Geoffrey, Archbishop of York also stood by him the whole time and alone among his sons attended on Henry's deathbed.
		Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series The Devil's Crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II_of_England (1825 words)

	Henry II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry II of Champagne (c.1166-1197), was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197.
		Henry II established courts in various parts of the country and was the first king to grant magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown.
		Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951-995) was the son of Henry I the Quarrelsome and Judith of Bavaria.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /He/Henry+II.html (3733 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Henry III the Lion of Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry the Lion was the only son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Gertrude, the daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Lothair III.
		In early 1168 he married Matilda, the daughter of Henry II of England, and soon afterward was sent to France and England as ambassador of Frederick I on a mission to arrange an armistice between both nations.
		Henry next married Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II Curtmantle of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, on 1 Feb 1168 in Minden Cathedral, Saxony, Germany.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/44.htm (1232 words)

	HENRY II OF ENGLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry II (5_March_ 1133 – 6_July_ 1189) ruled as Count_of_Anjou, Duke_of_Normandy, and as King_of_England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France.
		In 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son, Henry, was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and does not figure in the list of the monarchs of England; he became known as Henry_the_Young_King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry_III_of_England.
		Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series ''The Devil's Crown.'' The 1978 book of the same title was written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the broadcast series, which starred Brian_Cox as Henry and Jane_Lapotaire as Eleanor.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /Henry_II_of_England (1667 words)

	Daughters
		Matilda, the eldest daughter of Henry II’s marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine, was born in June 1156 and christened with the name of her empress grandmother.
		Henry levied an aid to have her married to Henry, the Lion, duke of Saxony in 1156.
		The eventual Queen of Castile and the second daughter of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine was born in Domfront, Normandy in September 1161 and given her mother’s illustrious name.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~garnerj/school/history_220/daughters.htm (699 words)

	RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - Henry XII, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (The Lion) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Henry XII, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (The Lion)
		Henry was the son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony, and Gertrude, the only daughter of Lothair the Saxon.
		Henry and Matilda are direct ancestors of the House of Hanover, which became the royal house of England in 1714.
	www.royalist.info /execute/biog?person=430 (144 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Henry II
		Son of Gisella of Burgundy and Henry II the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria.
		Became Duke of Bavaria himself in 995 upon his father's death, which ended his thoughts of becoming a priest.
		Henry's brother rebelled against his power, and Henry was forced to defeat him on the battlefield, but later forgave him, and the two reconciled.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth14.htm (309 words)

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		Otto I the Great (912 - May 7, 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany and arguably the first Holy Roman Emperor.
		Succeeding his father as king in 936, Otto defeated the Magyars in 955 at the Battle of Lechfeld near Augsburg, halting their advance in central Europe.
		Henry I the Fowler (as king of Germany)
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/o/ot/otto_i__holy_roman_emperor.html (194 words)

	Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lothair II of Supplinburg (1075–1137), was the rulers of SaxonyDuke of Saxony (1106), King of Germany (1125), and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133/ to 1137.
		Shortly beforehand, he gave his Tuscan Matildine lands to Henry the Proud of Bavaria, and his last acts were to give the Duchy of Saxony and the imperial regalia to him.
		King Eric II of Denmark was made a vassal of the emperor in 1135, becoming a member of the Reichstag.
	www.infothis.com /find/Lothair_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (1230 words)

	FREDERICK II. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERICK II. OF SAXONY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		(1411-1464), called the Mild, elector and duke of Saxony, eldest son of the elector Frederick I., was born on the 22nd of August 1411.
		He succeeded his father as elector in 1428, but shared the family lands with his three brother5, and was at once engaged in defending Saxony against the attacks of the Hussites.
		In 1438 it was decided that Frederick, and not his rival, Bernard IV., duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, was entitled to exercise the Saxon electoral vote at the elections for the German throne; and the e~ector then aided Albert II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FREDERICK_II_OF_SAXONY.htm (379 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Bl. Urban II
		His plight in Rome was truly pitiable; the whole city practically was in the hands of the antipope, and Urban had to take refuge on the Island of St. Bartholomew, the approach being guarded by Pierleone, who had turned the theatre of Marcellus on the left bank of the river into a fortress.
		Henry's cause was steadily growing weaker, and Urban hurried north to hold a council at Piacenza in the interests of peace and reform.
		Amongst the figures painted in the apse of the oratory built by Calixtus II in the Lateran Palace is that of Urban II with the words sanctus Urbanus secundus beneath it.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15210a.htm (2174 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Lothair II of Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lothair II's election as king in 1125 represented a triumph for the principle of elective monarchy over that of hereditary succession, on which the claims of his Hohenstaufen opponents were based.
		Having supported the German king Henry V against his father, Henry IV, in 1104, Lothair was appointed duke of Saxony by Henry V when Duke Magnus, the last of the Billung dynasty, died in 1106.
		In 1125 Henry V died, and Lothair was elected German king and crowned at Aachen.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/3454.htm (560 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Medieval People Starting With H
		Henry II's son Henry, crowned as the Young King, died of dysentery and Richard became heir to the English throne.
		Henry was the eldest son of Robert the Pious.
		Henry was less than one year old when his father died and so England was governed by Henry V's brothers, John, Duke of Bedford and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hprh.htm (1392 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 29
		NOTES: a.k.a.: Richard the Lion Hearted; Reign: 1189-99; When he was an infant, Richard was betrothed to a daughter of the French king Louis VII and in 1172 he was given the duchy of Aquitaine in France (his mother's inheritance).
		William was the illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy and Arletta, a tanner's daughter.
		She was possibly a twin with William (Duke of Normandy).
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r29.html (523 words)

	ipedia.com: Albert I of Brandenburg Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1128 his brother-in-law, Henry II, margrave of the Saxon northern march, died, and Albert, disappointed at not receiving this fief, attacked Udo, the succeeding margrave, and was consequently deprived of Lusatia by Lothar.
		A feud with Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, was followed, in 1158, by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and in 1162 Albert accompanied the emperor Frederick I to Italy, and distinguished himself at the storming of Milan.
		In 1164 he joined a league of princes formed against Henry the Lion, and peace being made in 1169, Albert divided his territories among his six sons, and died on November 13 1170, and was buried at Ballenstedt.
	www.ipedia.com /albert_i_of_brandenburg.html (504 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Part 7: A.D. 1102 - 1154
		This year also were heavy and sinful conflicts between the Emperor of Saxony and his son, and in the midst of these conflicts the father fell, and the son succeeded to the empire.
		A.D. All this year continued the King Henry in Normandy; and he was greatly perplexed by the hostility of the King of France, and also of his own men, who with treachery deserted from him, and oft readily betrayed him; until the two kings came together in Normandy with their forces.
		And the King Henry gave the bishopric after Michaelmas to the Abbot Henry of Glastonbury, his nephew, and he was consecrated bishop by the Archbishop William of Canterbury on the fifteenth day before the calends of December.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Anglo/part7.html (11549 words)

	Henry the Lion
		Duke of Bavaria 1156–80, Duke of Saxony 1142–80, and Duke of Lüneburg 1180–85.
		In 1162 he married Matilda, daughter of Henry II of England.
		Henry led several military expeditions to conquer territory in the East.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0032270.html (144 words)

	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.
		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.
		Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare dedicated two poems, was one of the writer's first patrons.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9040016&query=henry (739 words)

	Maurice, duke and elector of Saxony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1521–53, duke (1541–47) and elector (1547–53) of Saxony.
		In 1546 he made an agreement with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by which he was to receive, in return for deserting the Protestants of the Schmalkaldic League, the lands and title of his cousin, Elector John Frederick I of Saxony, ruler of the Ernestine portion of Saxony.
		After raising an army for the execution of the ban against Magdeburg, with which he had been entrusted, he formed an alliance with Henry II of France (1551).
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MauricSax.html (261 words)

	Henry II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry II of Germany (972-1024), Holy Roman Emperor
		Henry II of Jerusalem (died 1324), also Henry II of Cyprus
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II (102 words)

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