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Henry was greatly concerned with church reform and went to Rome in 1046 to settle the conflict caused by three rival claimants to the papacy.
Henry was succeeded by Otto IV (of Brunswick).
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Henry II
Son of Gisella of Burgundy and Henry II the Quarrelsome, Duke of Bavaria.
Ascended to the throne of Germany in 1002.
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.
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 ipedia.com: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry II of Germany, 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 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.
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.
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 Henry II
Henry, the eldest son of Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, and Geoffrey Plantagent, Count of Anjou, was born in Le Mans in 1133.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine had five sons (William, Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey and John) and three daughters (Matilda, Eleanor and Joan).
Henry II: Have I not raised you from the poor and humble to the summit of honour and rank?...
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry VI
Henry VI was great in his conceptions, great also in the energy with which he pursued his aims, clearly conscious of passing failures but never daunted by them.
It provided that Duke Henry should be left undisturbed and should have half of the revenues of Lübeck, while on the other hand Brunswick and Lübeck were henceforth to be open cities and two of the duke's sons were to remain at the king's court as hostages.
Henry pursued this design obstinately, although as he well perceived, it was unfeasible without the co-operation of the pope and of the German princes.
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 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.
The Church, as the constitutional Church of Germany, and therefore as the advocate of German unity and of the claims of inherited succession, raised Henry to the throne.
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.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Henry II @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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.
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 Ancestors and Family of Henry II of Germany
Henry II became king of Germany in 1002 and Holy Roman emperor in 1014.
His father, Henry II the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria, having been in rebellion against two preceding German kings, was forced to spend long years in exile from Bavaria.
Henry made generous grants to the bishops and, by adding to their territorial holdings, helped to establish them as secular rulers as well as ecclesiastical princes.
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 AllRefer.com - Henry I, German king (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry I or Henry the Fowler, 876?–936, German king (919–36), first of the Saxon line and father of Otto I, the first of the Holy Roman emperors.
Designated king by Saxon and Franconian nobles in 919, Henry refused to be crowned by the bishops, thus maintaining his independence of the church.
Before his death Henry secured from the nobles the succession of his son as Otto I. His wife, Matilda, founded many monasteries, including Quedlinburg, where she lies buried with her husband.
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 BBC - History - Henry II (1133 - 1189)
Henry succeeded Stephen after invading England in 1153 to promote his claim after Stephen elbowed Henry's mother, Matilda, from the throne.
Finally Henry did penance at Canterbury and, with Becket out of the way, most of the disputed points were soon sorted out.
Henry was defeated and forced to give way; news that John also had joined his enemies hastened the King's death near Tours in 1189.
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 1014   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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.
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 The Death of Henry II of France
In the spring of 1559, King Henry II of France (1519-1559), his Florentine wife Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), and their royal progeny were poised and seemingly destined for glory (Fig.
Henry II's father, the troublesome Valois ruler, King Francis I of France (1494-1547), had thwarted the ambitions of Charles V for years.
On June 30, 1559, King Henry II was celebrating the wedding by proxy** of his daughter Elizabeth to King Philip II at St. Quentin.
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 Ancestors and Family of Gisela of Burgundy
Before he was deposed (985) and died young, (995) they had many children, whom they provided suitable places among the ruling classes of Europe: Henry II of Germany; Giselle of Bavaria, married Stephen of Hungary; Bruno, Bishop of Augsburg; Brigitta, probably an abbess; and Arnold, appointed Archbishop of Ravenna.
Gisela married Henry II the Wrangler of Bavaria, son of Henry I the Quarrelsome of Bavaria and Judith of Bavaria, before 972.
(Henry II the Wrangler of Bavaria was born in 951 and died on 28 Aug 995.)
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 Amazon.com: Henry II (English Monarchs): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry II (11331189) was an enigma in his own time and has continued to excite widely divergent judgments ever since.
Henry II was surrounded by interesting people not least his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, a high-born, strong willed woman with a rich daddy.
Henry's victories and failures were also shown with equal light but I would say that the author handled two great conflicts of Henry's life, his struggles against his wife and family and Henry's battle with Thomas Beckett superbly well.
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 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry succeeded his cousin Otto III as king of Germany in 1002 and abandoned Otto's policies of world domination.
Henry hoped instead to restore the kingdom of the Franks and, in so doing, to consolidate the German empire.
Henry's philosophy and policy of intimate cooperation between church and state have led some to consider him the epitome of the Christian ruler.
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 Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Germany's Emperor Henry II (1002-1024) was behind the early stages of the reform movement sponsored by Rome and certain bishops and monasteries, but he met with considerable opposition from bishops and abbots whom he deposed.
Later Emperor Henry IV would be at loggerheads with the pope over the emperor's right to appoint popes and interfere in church affairs.
When the eleventh century opened the Church in the East was in pretty good shape because Basil II (963-1025) had advanced the Eastern Empire to one of law and order, and under his leadership the Empire was stronger and larger than it had been since the reign of Justinian I, 500 years before.
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 decendants of Bruno I of Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry I of_Germany [13199] ------ (the Fowler) duke of Saxony emperor of Germany, 912-936 b.876 d.2_Jul_936, Memleben Matilda de_Wittekind [85650] ---- b.ca.892, Memleben, Saxony m.909 wife of Henry the Fowler d.14_May_968, Memleben
Henry II of_Germany [13223] ----- (Henry the Saint) duke of Bavaria king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, 1002-1024 d.1024 St.
Henry I of_Germany [13199] ------ (the Fowler) duke of Saxony emperor of Germany, 912-936 b.876 d.2_Jul_936, Memleben Hatheburg of_Merseburg ---------- [13241] wife of Henry the Fowler
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 1012 Definition / 1012 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was restored by Henry II of Germany, whom he crowned emperor in 1014.
Oldrich was deposed by the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II.
and 6.25 million of the country's 10.3 million inhabitants, Bohemia is bounded by Germany to the north-west, west and south-west, Poland to the north-east, the Czech province of Moravia to the east and Austria to the south.
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 HENRY II - Online Information article about HENRY II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
execution of this sentence, a proceeding which Henry declared was ultra vires.
Saxony, then took up arms to defend the towns; and in 1542 Brunswick was overrun and the duke forced to flee.
Henry was among the princes who banded themselves together to crush Albert, and after the See also:
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 Unknown Lancet Windows
Both King Henry II, Emperor of Germany and King Stephen of Hungary founded numerous sees and monasteries and were later canonized as saints.
However, King Henry II, Emperor of Germany, who is traditionally portrayed crowned, with a sword, and holding a model of the Bamberg cathedral is the most likely choice.
This is a more generic figure who could readily be associated with either king, but is a particularly nice fit with King Henry II and the cathedral of Bamberg given that St. Peter is one of its dedicatory saints.
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 Color Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Otto III ousted in Rome; succeeded by Henry II, the Monk (reigns 1002-24).
Henry V crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope in tow of Rome by Pope Paschel II.
Henry VI, son of Frederick Barbarossa and Holy Roman Emperor, conquers Sicily and is crowned King of Sicily.
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 Henry II --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The second son of Francis I and Claude of France, Henry was sent with his brother Francis, the dauphin, as a hostage to Spain in 1526 and did not return to France until 1530, after the conclusion of the Peace…
Great parts of the Continent, including Germany and Italy, were nominally united in the Holy Roman Empire, but the separate parts were always ready to rebel.
The British industrialist and novelist Henry Green wrote sophisticated satires that mirrored the changing class structure in post–World War II English society.
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 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.
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 AllRefer.com - Henry II, Holy Roman emperor and German king (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry II, Holy Roman emperor and German king, German History, Biographies
Henry II 973–1024, Holy Roman emperor (1014–24) and German king (1002–24), last of the Saxon line.
On his third Italian campaign (1021–22), undertaken at the pope's behest, he restored order in Lombardy, reasserted his sovereignty in all Italy, and attended a synod at Pavia where he advocated far-reaching church reform.
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 King Henry I of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry won it by buying the support of his vassals, which cost him French Vexin and the total renunciation of the duchy of Burgundy in favor of his brother, in 1034.
Without the benefit of the coronation it is likely that Henry, who appears to have been a mediocre man, would have been brushed aside.
(1) Matilda,daughter of Emperor Conrad II, niece of Emperor Henry II.
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 (Gewnllian vch Rhys - Herleva or Arlette of Falaise )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry Frederick (Duke of Cumberland & Strathearn) (____ - 1790)
Henry I (King of England (1100-1135)) (1069 - 1 DEC 1135)
Henry VI (King of England 1422-61, 1470-1471) (1421 - 1471)
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1012 A.D. Emperor Henry II of Germany expels Jews from Mainz, the beginning of persecutions against Jews in Germany.
It was done eventually by six horses instead of the four original ones and other means had to come in to play due to the failure even of six horses as the prisoners limbs were tied to ropes harnessed to the horses.
During World War II, the Protocols of the elders of Zion became an implicit justification for the GENOCIDE of the Jews and Nazi propaganda relied on them until the last days of the Third Reich.
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 CNS STORY: Is blue blood bad for holiness? Monarchs rarely make the cut
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The Catholic Church's calendar of saints does have a fair number of royal males, including: the Roman emperor St. Constantine, St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Louis IX of France, St. Henry II of Germany, St. Vladimir of Kiev and St. Edward the Confessor of England.
The kings were declared saints before the 16th century when Pope Sixtus V centralized and codified the process for identifying and investigating the lives of those proposed for recognition by the universal church.
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 reagenealogy - pafg174 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
James Edward McCormick II [Parents] was born on 21 Aug 1911 in Moscow Mills, Missouri.
Henry II of Brabant, Duke of Brabant [Parents] was born about 1207.
married Henry II of Brabant, Duke of Brabant before 22 Aug 1215.
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