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  Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry was the eldest son of the Emperor Henry III, by his second wife Agnes de Poitou, and was probably born at the royal palace at Goslar.
In 1088, Henry of Luxembourg, an antiking, died and Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, a longtime enemy of the emperor's proclaimed himself the antiking's successor.
Henry had him condemned by a Saxon diet and then a national one at Quedlinburg and Regensburg respectively, but was defeated by Egbert when a relief army came to the margrave's rescue during the siege of Gleichen.
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 Search Results for "Henry"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king, 1050-1106, Holy Roman emperor (1084-1105) and German king (1056-1105), son and successor of Henry III.
Henry the Lion, 1129-95, duke of Saxony (1142-80) and of Bavaria (1156-80); son of Henry the Proud.
Henry V, king of England, 1387-1422, king of England (1413-22), son and successor of Henry IV.
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 Brief history of Plantagenet Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry II, the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Henry I's daughter Matilda, was the first in a long line of 14 Plantagenet kings, stretching from Henry II's accession through to Richard III's death in 1485.
Henry Tudor, a claimant to the throne of Lancastrian descent, defeated Richard III in battle and Richard was killed.
With the marriage of Henry to Elizabeth, the sister of the young Princes in the Tower, reconciliation was finally achieved between the warring houses of Lancaster and York in the form of the new Tudor dynasty, which combined their respective red and white emblems to produce the Tudor rose.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry IV
German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry III and Agnes of Poitou, b.
We know that Henry IV had a good literary education, but that his literary and artistic interests were not profound and were not, as in the case of his father, submerged in unpractical idealism.
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.
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Henry disregarded the opposition of Pope Gregory VII to lay investiture and invested a new bishop of Milan.
But Henry was now supported by a large party; German and Italian bishops joined him in declaring Gregory deposed and in electing an antipope, Clement III (see Guibert of Ravenna).
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.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
1275-1313) of the House of Luxembourg, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1312 to 1313 and King of the Romans from 1308 -1313.
Henry VII then travelled to Rome to be crowned as emperor - the first 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.
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 AllRefer.com - Henry V, Holy Roman emperor and German king (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry accepted the compromise, but when it was announced at St. Peter's as a preliminary to his imperial coronation (1111), a violent tumult arose from the clergy, who saw their wealth and power being given away.
Henry thereupon left the city with the pope and cardinals as his prisoners; in order to procure his release, Paschal conceded to Henry the right to appoint and invest at will and crowned him emperor.
Henry was faced (1114–21) by rebellions in Saxony that he was unable to put down; he nevertheless went to Italy in 1116 to take possession, as suzerain, of the fiefs of Matilda of Tuscany and, as heir, of her alodial lands.
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 ipedia.com: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry III (1017-1056) was a member of the Salian (sometimes Franconian) dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors.
Henry was re-married in 1043 to Agnes de Poitou, daughter of duke of William V of Aquitaine.
Henry's reign as emperor was marked by his attempts to reform the Church, but also by his use of lay investiture to further his religious and political goals.
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king: Conflict with the Pope
Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king: Conflict with the Pope
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.
Trapped by a promise of conciliation, Henry IV was imprisoned and forced to abdicate (1105).
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 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.
The emperor's capacity as a ruler again appeared when, towards the close of his reign, he laid bare the weakest point in the constitution of the Empire, and earnestly tried to heal it by perfecting a plan for levying necessary taxes.
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 Timeline: 1000-1100   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry III (the Black) ascends to throne of Holy Roman Empire in German.
At the Synod of Worms, bishops loyal to Henry IV declare Pope Gregory deposed.
Henry I, youngest son of William the Conqueror, becomes the new king of England.
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 Adalbert: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
He was a favorite of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, who appointed Adalbert to the archbishopric in order to break the power of the dukes of N Europe.
He was a guardian of Henry's son and successor, Henry IV, but his relentless ambition to strengthen the church and the monarchy at the expense of the nobles (chiefly by annexing their lands) defeated itself.
On his death the title was...in 1063 Henry IV granted to Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen the county of Margrave Udo...historian of the archbishopric, described Adalberts acquisition of Saxon and Frisian counties...
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 Hohenstaufen -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Frederick and Conrad, the two current male Staufens, were grandsons of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and nephews of Henry V. After the death of the intervening king and emperor Lothair II, in 1137, Conrad became Conrad III of Germany.
Henry failed to make royal and imperial succession hereditary, but in 1196 he succeeded in gaining a pledge that his infant son Frederick would receive the German crown.
Otto IV in turn was beaten by the French at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
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 AH 330 (Hutchison): Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1355- Coronation with the Crown of the Lombards in Milan; coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.
Holy Cross Chapel, Karlstein: located in the top of the tallest tower at Karlstein, it served as the treasury for the Imperial crown, sceptre, orb and other coronation regalia, as well as for the Emperor's most precious holy relics, including a piece of the True Cross.
Particularly useful is the substantial catalogue of the exhibition held on the 500th anniversary of the Emperor's death in 1978 (Nuremberg).
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gregory, on his way to a diet at Augsburg, and hearing that Henry was approaching, took refuge in the castle of Canossa (near Parma) belonging to Matilda, Countess of Tuscany.
Henry's first marriage, to Bertha, countess of Maurine, produced two sons, of whom Conrad died after claiming the imperial crown, and Henry forced his father's abdication in 1105, replacing him as Henry V. A daughter, Agnes of Franconia, married the later Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
Henry's second marriage (1089-93) was to Eupraxia of Kiev, the daughter of Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev.
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 This Month in History, February
Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> 1077   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
January 26 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommunication.
January 28 - Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
Agnes de Poitou, wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and regent (b.
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 January 27: Nine Rounds to the Knockout
According to their allegations, Hildebrand had sworn to Henry III (now dead) never to become pope; he had been elected unlawfully; he had dealt with a high hand toward bishops in four nations; he was accepting the counsel of women; and he had violated an election decree established in 1059.
Henry addressed a letter to the pope with these stinging words, "Henry, not by usurpation, but by God's holy ordinance King, to Hildebrand, not Pope, but false monk." He demanded that Hildebrand relinquish the papacy.
For the better part of a year Henry struggled to hang onto his kingdom, but the next January he gave in and appeared barefoot in the snow at Canossa, Italy, in token of submission, requesting the pope to absolve him.
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king: Conflict with the Pope
Holy Roman Empire, The: Chapter XI: The Emperors In Italy: Frederick Barbarossa.
Holy Roman Empire, The: Chapter XIII: Fall Of The Hohenstaufen.
Holy Roman Empire, The: Chapter XIV: The Germanic Constitution: The Seven Electors.
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 Timeline Holy Roman Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1036-1056 Henry III ruled the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from Hamburg and Bremen in the north to the instep of Italy to the south, Burgundy in the west, and Hungary and Poland to the east.
The Catholic heir to the Hapsburg dynasty, Charles V, was elected Holy Roman Emperor, combining the crowns of Spain, Burgundy (with the Netherlands), Austria and Germany.
1640 Jun 9, Leopold I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1658-1705), was born.
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Henry IV Lost, Then Won, His Fight With Pope Gregory Problem — In 1075, Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor disagreed over who was more powerful, Monarch or Pope.
Henry is excommunicated from the church for his stance against the pope.
Henry Retaliates — When Henry IV returns to power he goes right back to the way he was.
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 1077 Definition / 1077 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor begs Pope Gregory VII to remove sentence of excommunicationExcommunication is religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community.
Walk to CanossaIn 1077, the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV, asked the Pope, Gregory VII, for forgiveness during the Investiture Controversy, a conflict inspired, at least in part, by Gregorian Reform.
While the Emperor was travelling to ask pardon, Gregory believed that he was going to arrest him, and hid in a castle at Canossa.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> 1056   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Germany.
August 31 - Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (b.
October 5 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b.
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 Henry IV (Holy Roman Emperor)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Excommunicated twice (1076 and 1080), Henry deposed Gregory VII and set up the antipope Clement III (died 1191) by whom he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1084.
Late in his reign, Henry's sons Conrad and Henry (the future emperor Henry V) rebelled.
Henry was forced to abdicate and took refuge in Liège, where he died.
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king
Henry IV Henry IV, 1050–1106, Holy Roman emperor (1084–1105) and German king (1056–1105), son and successor of
Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king: Regency - Regency During his minority the papacy, the German nobles, and the high ecclesiastics greatly...
Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king: Conflict with the Pope - Conflict with the Pope Henry's first task after assuming control was to restore his authority in...
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Henry was born in Bolingbroke Castle in April 1367, the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster.
The son of King Henry V and Queen Catherine of Valois, Henry was born at Windsor on December 6, 1421.
Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?-56), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
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Allied with Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, against Boleslas the Brave of Poland.
Peter flees to Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, who invades Hungary and restores Peter to the throne as his vassal.
Bela IV (1235 - 1270) Revoked the land grants of his father, recovering most of the royal domain of Bela III.
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 The Open Door Web Site : History Biographies : Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV
In the 11th century Pope Gregory VII excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV.
When he excommunicated Henry IV, Pope Gregory also told Henry’s vassals (noblemen who rented the Emperor’s lands) that they did not need to give their support to the Emperor anymore.
Henry was forced to give in and he had to go to Pope Gregory to apologise.
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