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	Henry The Lion - LoveToKnow 1911
		HENRY (1129-1195), surnamed the "Lion," duke of Saxony and Bavaria, only son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Gertrude, daughter of the emperor Lothair the Saxon, was born at Ravensburg, and was a member of the family of Welf.
		Henry sought for peace, and the conditions were settled at Erfurt in November 1181, when he was granted the counties of Luneburg and Brunswick, but was banished under oath not to return without the emperor's 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 /Henry_The_Lion (1328 words)

	Henry III
		Henry's ideal was the purity of the Church.
		Henry's ecclesiastical policy, therefore, had not only helped the reform party to victory but also led to the triumph of the idea of the supremacy of the Church, which was inseparably connected with it.
		Henry, it is true, deposed the rebellious dukes, Conrad of Bavaria, and Guelph of Carinthia.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/h/henry_iii.html (1765 words)

	Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Summary
		Henry was finally remarried at Ingelheim in 1043 to Agnes, daughter of duke William V of Aquitaine and Agnes of Gévaudan.
		Henry gathered an army and went north, where he gave Adalbert of Bremen lands once Godfrey's and oversaw the trial by combat of Thietmar, the brother of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, accused of plotting to kill the king.
		Henry met the pope at Florence and arrested Beatrice, for marrying a traitor, and her daughter Matilda, later to be such an enemy of Henry's son.
	www.bookrags.com /Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (5410 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony
		The Emperor Henry V (1106-25) gave the Duchy of Saxony in fief to Count Lothair of Supplinburg, who in 1125 became King of Germany, and at his death (1137) transferred the Duchy of Saxony to his son-in-law, Duke Henry the Proud, of the princely family of the Guelphs.
		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.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13497b.htm (7894 words)

	Saxony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Duke Henry I (Henry the Fowler) of Saxony was elected German king in 919, and his son, Emperor Otto I, bestowed (961) Saxony on Hermann Billung (d.
		The ducal title of Saxony went to Bernard of Anhalt, a younger son of Albert the Bear of Brandenburg and founder of the Ascanian line of Saxon dukes.
		Duke Maurice of Saxony, a grandson of Albert and a Protestant, received the electoral title in the 16th cent.; it remained in the Albertine branch until the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/Saxony.html (1068 words)

	Henry the Lion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Ravensburg, he was the son of Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who was the son of Duke Henry the Black and an heiress of the Billungs, former dukes of Saxony.
		Henry's mother was Gertrud, only daughter of Emperor Lothair II and his wife Richenza of Northeim, heiress of the Saxon territories of Northeim and the properties of the Brunones, counts of Brunswick.
		In 1168 Henry married Matilda (1156 -1189), the daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and sister of Richard Lionheart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_the_Lion (1011 words)

	Henry III - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Henry III 1017-56, Holy Roman emperor (1046-56) and German king (1039-56), son and successor of Conrad II.
		The four German popes named by Henry (including Leo IX) renewed the strength of the papacy, which was to prove the nemesis of his successors.
		Henry III: Nicholas Vincent reviews the career of the king whose long reign was overshadowed by the rivalries of his nobles, and who is primarily remembered for his piety and his building activity.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-henry3h1r1e1.html (518 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Henry II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Henry's father Geoffrey's nickname derived from a sprig of bloom, or Planta Genista, that he liked to sport in his helmet.Thus was coined the surname of one of England's greatest dynasties, which ruled the country for the rest of the medieval era, although Plantagenet was not adopted as a surname until the mid 15th century.
		Henry's was a vast inheritance, from his father, he received the Counties of Anjou and Maine, from his mother, the Duchy of Normandy and his claim to the Kingdom of England.
		Henry was faced with a new threat, this time it came from within his own dysfunctional family, in the form of his malcontented Queen Eleanor and his unruly sons.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /plantagenet.htm (2736 words)

	AllRefer.com - Henry the Proud (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Henry the Proud c.1108–1139, duke of Bavaria (1126–38) and of Saxony (1137–38).
		Although he was Lothair's intended successor to the German kingship, Henry was defeated in the election of 1138 by Conrad of Hohenstaufen (Conrad III), who shortly afterward deprived Henry of his duchies.
		He succeeded in expelling Albert the Bear from Saxony and was preparing to attack Bavaria when he suddenly died, leaving as his heir his young son Henry the Lion.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HenryPro.html (273 words)

	34th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		BIOGRAPHY: Henry III was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, from 1027 to 1041), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, from 1038 to 1045), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (from 1046 to 1056).
		Henry was the son of the emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia.
		She married Henry III on November 1, 1043, forming an alliance designed to cement the empire's relations with its neighboring states to the west.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /jbourchier/aqwg53.htm (1794 words)

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		Henry was forced to give in and he had to go to Pope Gregory to apologise.
		Henry the Black, duke of Bavaria from 1120-1126, was the first of the three Henrys of the Welf dynasty.
		of Saxony, was the favoured candidate in the imperial election against Conrad III of the Hohenstaufens.
	www.lycos.com /info/holy-roman-emperor--henry-iv.html (459 words)

	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.
		Henry doubtless knew very well that even before this time the lady had shown unmistakable symptoms of insanity; but that did not deter him from a political match which would have handed over to him the government of Castile.
		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.
	tudorhistory.org /secondary/henry7/c12.html (5127 words)

	Von Rautenkranz - Saxony
		In fact, when we speak of Saxony in the context of the von Rautenkranz family history it is that Saxony in the central northern part of Germany, roughly comprising present-day Lower-Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, with bits of Schleswig-Holstein, not the area of the present federal state of Saxony surrounding Leipzig and Dresden.
		In 1137 Saxony was passed to the Welfen dynasty, who were descendants (1) of Wulfhild Billung, eldest daughter of the last Billung duke, and (2) of the daughter of Lothar of Supplinburg.
		The remaining Eastern lands, together with the title of Duke of Saxony, were passed to members of the Ascanian dynasty and divided in 1260 into the two small states of Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Archive/insite/Rautenkranz/saxony.htm (771 words)

	Courtly Lives - Electors of Saxony - Albertine Branch
		Saxony was originally held by the descendants of Hermann Billung, but they died out in 1106.
		The title of Duke of Saxony was then given to Bernard, the son of Albrecht the Bear.
		Johann Georg I married (2) in 1607 to Magdalen Sybilla (1587-1659), daughter of Albert Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/SaxonyAlBran.html (710 words)

	Henry the Lion — FactMonster.com
		Henry the Lion, 1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–80) and of Bavaria (1156–80); son of
		Henry demanded the imperial city of Goslar in exchange for military support, but Frederick refused, was defeated, and was forced to make peace with the pope.
		Conrad III, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire - Conrad III, c.1093–1152, German king (1138–52), son of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0823397.html (511 words)

	30TH GENERATION
		She was Prisoner of Henry II between 1170 and 1189 in Winchester.
		HENRY PLANTAGENET Duke of Aquitaine was born about 1156 in Bermondsey, England - son of Henry II.
		Matilda of ENGLAND Duchess of Saxony was born in 1156 in England (aka Maud) - dtr of Henry II.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/dukes/d66.htm (453 words)

	A Salian England - Alternate History Discussion Board
		The rebellious Duke of Saxony signed a peace treaty with the Regency Council in 1126, and Lothair's 8-years-old daughter and heiress, Gertrude of Supplinburg, became engaged to the young King of Germany.
		Henry of Westerminster was crowned King Henry III of England in 1160 and Roman Emperor by Pope Alexander III in 1162.
		Henry VII agreed to help Louis, and to seal their alliance, the widowed Louis VII married Henry’s youngest sister, Gertrude of Nuremberg (1142-1197), while Henry’s sons, Henry of Nuremberg (1153-1194) and Lothair of Normandy (1154-1183) were married to, respectively, Marguerite of France and Alys, Countess of the Vexin.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?p=888379#post888379 (5642 words)

	Henry III, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Henry III, Holy Roman emperor and German king.
		Duke Godfrey, the elder, who received Upper Lorraine, organized numerous revolts against Henry; in 1047–50 the counts of Holland and Flanders (Lower Lorraine) joined in the revolt.
		He went to Italy (1051), where he married (1054) Marchioness Beatrice of Tuscany, mother of Matilda; Godfrey used his Tuscan position to bolster his strength in Germany, and Henry was unable to subdue him.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry3HRE.html (370 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		< Henry "the Lion" (+1195), Duke of Saxonia [1142-1180], of Bavaria [1156-1180] >
		Albert (+1298), Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg, ceded the Burgraviate of Magdeburg.
		Frederic-Augustus I "the Strong" (+1733), Elector and Duke of Saxony, was elected King of Poland in 1697.
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/saxony.html (3474 words)

	Saxony: History
		of Saxony, a grandson of Albert and a Protestant, received the electoral title in the 16th cent.; it remained in the Albertine branch until the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Augustus II (who was Frederick Augustus I as elector of Saxony) as king of Poland; the election led to an economic partnership between the declining Poland and Saxony, whose prestige was thereby diminished.
		Saxony: on a par with the pyramids and on a level with Versailles.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0860948.html (1033 words)

	boys clothing: German royalty--Saxony
		Saxony in 1485 the land was divided between the brothers Albert and Ernst.
		In 1697 Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, was crowned King of Poland.
		Saxony and other German states still had broad power within the Weimar Republic, but with the NAZIs seizure of power state authority was centraliized.
	histclo.com /royal/gers/royal-sax.htm (849 words)

	Bavaria: History
		Henry's grandson was duke of Bavaria when he was elected (1002) German king as Henry II.
		Duke Albert IV (1467–1508), who again united Bavaria (except the Rhenish Palatinate), introduced the law of primogeniture; thus Bavaria entered the Reformation period much strengthened.
		Duke Maximilian I (1597–1651) headed the Catholic League in the Thirty Years War and was rewarded with the Upper Palatinate and the rank of elector.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0856876.html (804 words)

	The Forgotten Princesses quiz -- free game
		I was born in 1848 and married the Duke of Argyll in 1871.
		I was the duahgter of Henry III and later became Queen of Scots.
		I was the daughter of Henry II, first Angevin or Plantagenet king of England, and I later married Henry V 'the Lion', Duke of Saxony.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=169715 (413 words)

	King Henry
		There has been a bewildering array of monarchs with the name "Henry".
		This refers to a much disputed line of kings that have in one way or another dominated Germany since the time of Charlemagne.
		Henry II the Proud (1127-1138) see Henry II, Duke of Saxony
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/King_Henry.html (136 words)

	Friedrich I, 'Barbarossa' Holy_Roman_Empir (1122 - 10 Jun 1190)
		He was born in Waiblingen, the son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia (1090-1147), and the nephew of Conrad III, king of Germany.
		Conrad III, favoring Frederick over his own son, on his deathbed recommended to the German princes that Frederick be chosen for the German kingship and the imperial throne.
		Frederick was forced in 1177 to acknowledge Alexander III as pope and in 1183 to sign the Peace of Constance, acceding to the demands of the Lombards for autonomy but retaining imperial suzerainty over the towns.
	www.smokykin.com /ged/f002/f56/a0025623.htm (888 words)

	Henry III, Holy Roman emperor and German king — Infoplease.com
		Henry III, 1017–56, Holy Roman emperor (1046–56) and German king (1039–56), son and successor of Conrad II.
		Leo IX) renewed the strength of the papacy, which was to prove the nemesis of his successors.
		Gustav III of Sweden: the forgotten despot of the age of enlightenment: A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0823360.html (474 words)

	Henry III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry III of Navarre, later Henry IV of France
		Henry III, Duke of Saxony ("Henry the Lion")
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same human name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_III (81 words)

	Graven Images Statues Of Baal
		The real Truth in History books behind this Lion crest is that it was first made by Henry III (1129 a.d)in Brunswick Germany.
		The Duke of Saxony, Henry III commanded this lions statues with family crest to be for his family history.
		It was made and molden after pagan mythology Assyrian gods which Henry III worshiped.
	www.angelfire.com /or/ScripturesTruths/Baal3.html (407 words)

	Timeline of German history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A.D. 919-936 - Conrad's successor, the Saxon duke Henry I
		A.D. 936-973 - Henry's son, Otto (I) 962 - Otto I -- first emperor of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" crowned in Rome (German king = emperor)
		A.D. 1076 - Henry forces a synod of bishops to depose the Pope; Henry is excommunicated
	iweb.tntech.edu /pcampana/germ3510germanhistory.htm (469 words)

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