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	Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Henry II of Germany (972 – 13 July 1024), was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty.
		Henry returned to Italy for another campaign in 1013 and went straight to Rome, where Pope Benedict VIII crowned him Holy Roman Emperor on 14 February 1014.
		Henry is buried in the Cathedral of Bamberg, which also has the tomb of Pope Clement II making the only place both a Pope and Holy Roman Emperor are buried.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (636 words)

	Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
		Henry II of Germany (972 - 1024), the fifth and last ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty, succeeded his cousin the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III after the latter's death in 1002.
		Henry's election was strongly contested, and it was not until 1014 that he was actually crowned emperor (Pope Benedict VIII didn't recognize Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany until February 14).
		Henry spent the early part of his reign fighting in Bohemia, where he drove back the forces of Boleslaus I, duke of Poland and eventually secured Boleslaus's allegiance to the Empire.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emperor_Henry_II.html (273 words)

	Encyclopedia: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
		Henry II the Wrangler Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951-995), also called the Quarrelsome, was the son of Henry I and Judith of Bavaria.
		Henry II of Germany (972 â“ 13 July 1024), was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty.
		Henry was re-married in 1043 to Agnes de Poitou, daughter of duke William V of Aquitaine.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henry-II,-Holy-Roman-Emperor (1924 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250.
		Born in Jesi, near Ancona, Frederick was the son of the emperor Henry VI.
		Manfred received the principate of Taranto and the government of the Kingdom, Henry the Kingdom of Arles or that of Jerusalem, while the son of Henry VII was entrusted the Duchy of Austria and the Marquisate of Styria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (5926 words)

	Henry II, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		When Otto III died without an heir, Henry, who was Otto’s second cousin and the great-grandson of Henry I, was elected German king.
		Henry expelled (1004) Boleslaus from Bohemia, but the war dragged on until 1018, when Boleslaus was able to obtain territories in E Germany in fief from Henry.
		Henry died childless; he was succeeded by Conrad II.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry2HRE.html (328 words)

	Agatha of Bavaria - Samuel (Baty Betee) Beatty
		Guelph II of Bavaria was born in 998.
		Holy Roman Emperor Henry II of Bavaria was born in 973.
		She was married to Holy Roman Emperor Louis I the Pious Carolingian of the Franks in Feb 819.
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	Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Henry’s first task after assuming control was to restore his authority in the duchies, especially in Saxony, where a revolt (1073) was subdued in 1075.
		Henry disregarded the opposition of Pope Gregory VII to lay investiture and invested a new bishop of Milan.
		During his reign Henry was caught between the rising particularism of the princes and the reformist demands of a revivified papacy, but he managed to salvage enough of his father’s legacy to make possible a restoration of imperial power under the Hohenstaufens.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry4HRE.html (684 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Frederick II (December 26, 1194–December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250.
		Born in Jesi, near Ancona, Frederick was the son of the emperor Henry VI who died in 1197, when Frederick was three years old.
		Frederick's son Henry, sometimes styled Henry VII, especially during his period of rebellion in alliance with the Lombard League — not to be confused with Henry VII of the House of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor 1275-1313 — was born 1211 in Sicily, son of Frederick's first wife Constance of Aragon.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Emperor_Frederick_II (3496 words)

	Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor : Conrad II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Conrad II (circa 990 - [1039]]) was the son of count Henry of Speyer.
		He was elected king in 1024 and crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on March 26, 1027, the first member of the Salian Dynasty.
		At the death of Henry II the bold and rebellious Duke of Poland Mieszko II had tried to throw off vassalage, but then submitted and swore to be emperor Conrad's faithful vassal.
	www.termsdefined.net /co/conrad-ii.html (861 words)

	Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Otto II Otto II (955 – December 7, 983, Rome), was the third German ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty.
		Upon his father's death in 973, he was accepted as Holy Roman Emperor without opposition.
		Henry II of Bavaria revolted in 974 and was not pacified until 978.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Otto_II (255 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry IV
		German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry III and Agnes of Poitou, b.
		The power and resources of the empire left behind by Conrad II, which Henry III had already materially weakened, were still further impaired by the feebleness of the queen regent, who was devoid of political ability.
		Here the final decision in Henry's case was left to the pope, and a resolution was passed that if Henry were not freed from excommunication within a year he should forfeit the empire.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07230a.htm (2123 words)

	Holy Roman Emperor Henry II of Bavaria (973-1024) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		enry II, German emperor (1002-24), great-grandson of Henry I, was born in 973.
		Henry II (Holy Roman Empire), called Henry The Saint (973-1024), German king and Holy Roman emperor (1002-24), last of the Saxon rulers, born in Abbach, Bavaria.
		In 1004 Henry invaded Italy and was crowned king of the Lombards.
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	Henry the Fowler
		Despite early opposition from his fellow German dukes, Henry the Fowler, a Saxon, was eventually able to persuade the Frankish dukes of Bavaria and Swabia to support his claim to the crown.
		Henry's military skills and ambition helped him to increase his kingdom, into which he was able to incorporate the Duchy of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Lotharingia.
		Henry the Fowler is also the name of a wandering minstrel from the Tirol, the author of two cycles about Dietrich von Bern.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/henry_the_fowler (362 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Henry II
		Son of Gisella of Burgundy and Henry II the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria.
		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.
		He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1014 by Pope Benedict VIII; he was the last of the Saxon dynasty of emperors.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainth14.htm (309 words)

	Wikipedia: 1014
		July 29 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
		Henry II of Germany crowned Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Benedict VIII (ruled since 1003)
		Following the death of Sweyn I, Ethelred II returns to England and retakes the English crown.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/10/1014.html (293 words)

	Lothar II, Holy Roman Emperor
		The sole member of the house of Supplinburg to hold the titles, Lothar II (1075-1137) became duke of Saxony in 1106, king of Germany in 1125 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1133.
		Lothar faced opposition through most of his reign from Frederick II[?], the Hohenstaufen duke of Swabia, whom he had defeated in the election to the kingship (the usual preliminary to accession as emperor), and Frederick's brother Conrad III.
		After Lothar's death, he was elected (1138) king of the Romans, ruling as emperor in all but name, though he was never crowned as such.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emperor_Lothar_II.html (156 words)

	Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
		Henry II of Germany (972 - 13 July 1024), the fifth and last ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty, succeeded his cousin the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III after the latter's death in 1002.
		He was the son of Henry the Quarrelsome of Bavaria, whom he succeeded as Duke of Bavaria in 995.
		After 1014 Henry focused much of his attention on Italy, the scene of unrest and rebellion against both Pope and Emperor.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/henry_ii__holy_roman_emperor (366 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1194–1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220–50) and German king (1212–20), king of Sicily (1197–1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229–50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance, heiress of Sicily.
		When Henry died (1197), his brother, Philip of Swabia, was unable to hold the German magnates to this election, but in Sicily Constance secured Frederick’s investiture as king from Pope Innocent III.
		While emperor and pope were thus at swords’ points, Europe was threatened (1241) by a Mongol invasion under Batu Khan.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fr/Fred2HRE.html (1213 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry V
		Henry V ascended the throne under a compact with the papacy and the territorial princes, that is, with his father's bitterest opponents.
		The emperor perceived that the conflict was to begin anew with fresh violence, and in order the better to protect himself, determined to put an end to internal dissensions in his empire by a treaty of peace.
		Henry's skill as a diplomat proved particularly notable at this juncture, and was not the least influential factor in bringing about the concordat of 23 September, 1122 (see CALLISTUS II).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07232a.htm (1460 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Henry succeeded his cousin Otto III as king of Germany in 1002 and abandoned Otto's policies of world domination.
		Pope Benedict VIII crowned Henry Holy Roman Emperor in 1014.
		Henry's philosophy and policy of intimate cooperation between church and state have led some to consider him the epitome of the Christian ruler.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/hrehenry.html (164 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Henry II
		German King and Holy Roman Emperor, son of Duke Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian Princess Gisela; b.
		Henry was far too reasonable a man to think seriously of readopting the imperialist plans of his predecessors.
		Henry's power was in fact controlling, and this was in no small degree due to the fact that he was primarily engaged in solidifying the national foundations of his authority.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07227a.htm (1394 words)

	AllRefer.com - Conrad II (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Conrad II c.990–1039, Holy Roman emperor (1027–39) and German king (1024–39), first of the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.
		With the end of the Saxon line on the death of Henry II, the succession passed to the matrilineal descendants of Otto I, and Conrad, a Franconian noble, was elected (1024) as German king.
		At his death, his son Henry III ascended the throne at the height of its wealth and power.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Conrad2.html (426 words)

	Ferdinand I of Leon: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ferdinand I of Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In 1038 Bermudo was killed in battle with Ferdinand at Tamaron[?], and Ferdinand then took possession of León by right of his wife, and was recognized in Spain as emperor.
		The use of the title was resented by the emperor Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor and by Pope Victor II in 1055, as implying a claim to the headship of Christendom, and as a usurpation on the Holy Roman Empire.
		It did not, however, mean more than that Spain was independent of the Empire, and that the sovereign of León was the chief of the princes of the peninsula.
	www.encyclopedian.com /fe/Ferdinand-I-of-Leon.html (452 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor : Emperor Frederick II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Frederick II Hohenstaufen (December 26, 1196 - 1250) ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1211 through 1250.
		IV of Germany">Otto of Brunswick had been elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1209; Frederick had been elected emperor by a rebellious faction who had the backing of Innocent III in 1211 at the Diet of Nuremberg, but until the debacle at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 this was an empty honor.
		At once the wedge broke up, and the Saxons followed however, to Edmund's repeated shouts they kept fairly together, turned to fall upon them, a single note of the horn Danes saw the phalanx which had proved so fatal to them deliver, but took to flight, the Saxons, as.
	www.termsdefined.net /em/emperor-frederick-ii.html (606 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		He was the son of the emperor Henry VI who had died in 1197, when Frederick was three years old.
		Otto of Brunswick had been crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Innocent III in 1209; Frederick had been elected king of Germany by a rebellious faction who had the backing of Innocent III in 1211 at the Diet of Nuremberg after Otto had fallen into disfavor with the pope who excommunicated him.
		Said to be literate in nine languages, Frederick was a very modern ruler for his times, being a patron of science and learning, and having fairly advanced views on economics.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Emperor_Frederick_II (619 words)

	Henry VI, Holy Roman emperor and German king
		Henry VI Henry VI, 1165–97, Holy Roman emperor (1191–97) and German king (1190–97), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa).
		Henry died of a fever at Messina just as he was preparing to invade the Holy Land.
		Holy Roman Empire, The: Chapter XIV: The Germanic Constitution: The Seven Electors.
	cbs.infoplease.com /ce5/CE023533.html (458 words)

	AllRefer.com - Boleslaus I (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		With the sanction of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, he obtained (1000) the elevation of Gniezno into a metropolitan see, thus emancipating the Polish church from German control.
		Otto's successor, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, opposed Boleslaus's ambition; when Boleslaus overran Meissen and the East Mark, Henry refused to confirm his control of these territories.
		In 1018, in the Peace of Bautzen, Boleslaus received Lusatia as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Boleslau1.html (318 words)

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