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  Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Henry was finally remarried at Ingelheim in 1043 to Agnes, daughter of duke William V of Aquitaine and Agnes of Burgundy.
Henry fell ill at Tribur in October and Henry of Bavaria and Otto of Swabia chose as his successor Otto's nephew and successor in the palatinate, Henry I.
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.
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 Frederick I Barbarossa - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jasomirgott, margrave of Austria, to Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony; and the former was pacified by the erection of his margraviate into a duchy, while Frederick's step-brother Conrad was invested with the Palatinate of the Rhine.
Henry the Lion was again saved from a threatening combination; conflicting claims to various bishoprics were decided; and the imperial authority was asserted over Bohemia, Poland and Hungary.
The refusal of Henry the Lion to bring help into Italy was followed by the defeat of the emperor at Legnano on the 29th of May 1176, when he was wounded and believed to be dead.
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 Worldroots.com
0 Bavaria, Otto the Illustrious of, Duke of Bavaria
976, Otto I of Swabia, Duke of Bavaria
1180 Wittelsbach, Otto I of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria
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 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   (1787 words)

  
 Titles of European hereditary rulers
In 1180, the Roman Emperor Frederick I deposed the rebellious Henry XII "the Lion" (+1195), Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, and bestowed the Duchy of Bavaria to Otto of Wittelsbach (+1183).
< Henry XII "the Lion" (+1195), Duke of Saxonia [1142-1180], of Bavaria [1156-1180] >
Emperor Frederick I deposed the rebellious Henry XII "the Lion" (+1195), Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, and bestowed the Duchy of Bavaria to Otto of Wittelsbach (+1183) (1180).
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 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Summary
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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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry III
Henry's ideal was the purity of the Church.
Henry, however would consent to accept the emperor's crown only from hands that were pure, while those of the de facto Pope Gregory seemed to him tainted with simony.
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.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07228a.htm   (1792 words)

  
 Henry X, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, and, what was quite important, senior heir of the Billung family.
After the marriage, Henry took part in the warfare between the king and the Hohenstaufen brothers, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (who was Henry's brother-in-law, having been married with his sister Judith), and Conrad, Duke of Franconia, afterwards the German king Conrad III.
Henry's duchy of Bavaria was given to Leopold IV, Margrave of Austria, a half-brother of the new king Conrad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Saxony   (603 words)

  
 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Summary
Henry III (1017-1056) was Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany from 1039 to 1056.
As a result, in 1261 Henry was able to regain power and obtained a papal bull absolving him from the terms of the "Provisions." In 1264 the conflict with the barons was referred to Louis IX of France for arbitration, and by the Mise of Amiens a favorable decision was given for the King.
Henry was finally remarried at Ingelheim in 1043 to Agnes, daughter of duke William V of Aquitaine and Agnes of Gévaudan.
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 30th Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Henry lost his dukedom; Westphalia was given to the Archbishop of Cologne, and Bavaria was granted to Otto of Wittelsbach.
Henry, who was married to Mathilde of England, went in exile to King Henry II of England.
Barbarossa elevated the princes of Pomerania to dukes, and the counts of Andechs became the dukes of Merania (in the neighborhood of Trieste).
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 THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
For these reasons, Lothair, duke of Saxony, might well command the support of both the papal partisans and the lesser nobles, as he had been the strongest adversary of Henry V and had stood for the greater independence of both the Church and the nobles.
Henry's death in 1139 was a stroke of good fortune for the Hohenstaufens, especially because Henry's heir was a young boy, not yet able to assert his claims.
Henry was summoned to meet his enemies before the imperial diet in 1179, Proud and confiding in his strength, he refused to obey.
www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Munro15.html   (6817 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Henry IV of Germany
After negotiations with Welf IV, the new duke (as Welf I) of Bavaria, and with Rudolf, the duke of Swabia, Henry was forced to grant immunity to the rebels in 1073 and had to agree to the razing of the royal Harz Castle in the final peace treaty in February 1074.
Henry married Bertha of Savoy, daughter of Otto of Savoy and Adelheid of Susa, on 13 Jul 1066.
Henry's second marriage (1089-93) was to Eupraxia of Kiev, the daughter of Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev.
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 SparkNotes: High Middle Ages (1000-1200): Germany, 920-1075: The Saxon Empire to the Investiture Controversy
Henry the Fowler founded the Saxon dynasty and allowed dukes leeway in their own regions, as long as they recognized his status as king.
With his lands and authority centered in Bavaria, Henry II was never able to assert total control over the Saxons, and continually dealt with mini-revolts during his time as king, in addition to Italian campaigns.
Henry IV (1056-1106) succeeded his father at the age of six, and a long regency ensued under his mother and the Cologne Archbishop.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Duke Heinrich Brunswick-Grubenhagen and Princess Of Sagan Malgorzata
Duke Heinrich Of Brunswick-Wolfen and Princess Katharine Of Pomerania
Spouse: Duke Wartislav VII Of Pomerania Stolp (Abt 1362-Bef 1394)
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 Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry IX (died 13 December 1126), called the Black, a member of the House of Welf, was duke of Bavaria from 1120 to 1126.
Henry was the second son of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria.
Henry died shortly thereafter and was buried in Weingarten.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_IX,_Duke_of_Bavaria   (249 words)

  
 THE EMPIRE AND THE PAPACY
Henry was apparently blind to any danger in his change and allowed a degree of freedom on the part of his clerical vassals that was extraordinary.
Henry next selected the bishop of Toul and the latter consented on the condition that his choice should be approved by the Roman clergy and people.
Henry IV could not gain the support of Saxony; the duke of Bavaria was won over to the papal side by marriage with the countess Matilda of Tuscany, who was over forty years old, while the bridegroom was seventeen; but the latter counted confidently upon receiving all Tuscany with his bride.
unx1.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Munro11.html   (5806 words)

  
 The Jacobite Kings and Their Heirs
Prince Max of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria *1937 brother of Francis.
Princessin Editha of Bavaria, widow of Tito Brunetti and widow of Gustav Schimert *1924 aunt of Francis.
Princess Gabrielle of Bavaria, wife of Carl, Duke of Croy *1927 aunt of Francis.
www.jacobite.ca /kings/index.htm   (1683 words)

  
 Reformation: Religious Wars
In March, 1562, an army led by the Duke of Guise attacked a Protestant church service at Vassy in the province of Champagne and slaughtered everybody they could get their hands on: men, women, and children—all of whom were unarmed.
By the mid-1580's, the Catholic League was in control of France and, after Henry III attempted to attack the League in 1588, the League drove him from Paris and embarked on a systematic massacre of non-combatants that rivalled the earlier St. Bartholomew's Massacre.
Before the two Henrys could attack Paris, however, Henry III was stabbed to death by a fanatical, fury-driven Dominican friar in 1589.
www.wsu.edu /~dee/REFORM/WARS.HTM   (2551 words)

  
 Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
The first marriage of Henry III of Lower Lorraine and Brabant was to Marie of Hohenstauften, daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina, daughter of the Emperor Isaac II Angelus.
The defeat of Henry the Lion by Frederick I (when Bavaria was conferred upon the Wittelsbachs, who retained it thereafter) and then of Otto IV by Philip of Swabia and the supporters of his nephew, Frederick II, doomed further Welf prospects.
A younger son of Christian IX of Denmark became King of Greece as George I. King George's grandson is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of the Queen Elizabeth II of England.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Victor II
His parents were Count Hartwig and Countess Baliza; the Emperor Henry III recognized him as a collateral kinsman, and he was a nephew of Bishop Gebhard III of Ratisbon, who at the court Diet of Goslar presented him (Christmas Day, 1042) to Henry III as a candidate for the episcopal see of Eichstatt.
He was in the emperor's retinue when the latter was crwned at Rome in 1046; he took part in the synod presided over by Leo IX at Mainz in October, 1049, and in the consultations between the pope and the emperor at Ratisbon and Bamberg in 1052.
After the death of Leo IX (19 April, 1054) Cardinal-subdeacon Hildebrand came to the emperor at the head of a Roman legation with the urgent request to designate Gebhard as pope.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15409a.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Kingdoms of Germany - Bavaria
Frederick deposes Henry of his lands and passes Bavaria to the Wittelsbachs.
When the main family line died out in Bavaria in 1777, the title of duke of Bavaria passed to the Palatinate Wittelsbachs.
Bavaria is raised to a kingdom by Napoleon Bonaparte.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanyBavarians.htm   (299 words)

  
 saxony
Henry the Lion (circa 1129-95), duke of Saxony (1142-80) and duke of Bavaria (1156-80), a powerful German prince, who became a rival of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
The only son of Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, Henry was probably born in Ravensburg.
Henry was a capable ruler, one of his greatest accomplishments being the colonization of previously Slavic territories east of the Elbe River.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/saxony.htm   (1914 words)

  
 A Saint A Day
Henry's family was very poor, so he had no opportunity to learn to read and write.
Henry of Treviso was declared "blessed" by Pope Benedict XIV.
Henry was stubborn and at last he left the Church.
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 Ancestors and Family of Frederick I Barbarossa
FREDERICK BARBAROSSA (ITALIAN: REDBEARD) duke of Swabia (as Frederick III, 1147-90) and German king and Holy Roman emperor (1152-90), who challenged papal authority and sought to establish German predominance in western Europe.
He engaged in a long struggle with the cities of northern Italy (1154-83), sending six major expeditions southward.
Frederick was the son of Frederick II, duke of Swabia, and Judith, daughter of Henry IX, duke of Bavaria, of the rival dynasty of the Welfs.
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 Germany A-E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Deeply fragmented from 1253, the duchy re-coalesced in the 15th and early 16th centuries and, with the establishment of Salic succession laws in 1505, Bavaria once again achieved a stable and significant position within Germany.
The Rhine Palatinate's electoral status was transfered to Bavaria in 1623, which retained the vote even after re-establishment of elector privilege to the Palatinate in 1648.
Thereafter, the descendents of Henry the Lion and Otto IV managed their extensive allodial lands and, though partitioned a great deal, grew in power and influence until old Saxony was theirs once again.
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 July 15
Henry II, surnamed the Pious, became successively Duke of Bavaria, King of Germany, and the Emperor of the Romans.
Henry, surnamed the Pious, was first Duke of Bavaria, then King of Germany, and finally Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Henry joined matrimony with holy virginity, and when he was near death he restored St. Cunegunda, his wife, as a virgin to her family.
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 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH*
Duke William of Bavaria censured Eck for misrepresenting to him the Lutheran opinions; and when the doctor said he could refute them, not with the Scriptures, but with the fathers, he replied: "I am to understand, then, that the Lutherans are within the Scriptures, and we Catholics on the outside?"
The Duke of Bavaria was dissatisfied with the Emperor’s efforts to have, his brother Ferdinand elected Roman king.
988  Coburg is the residence, alternately with Gotha, of the Duke, and capital of the duchy, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 185 m.
www.ccel.org /s/schaff/history/7_ch09.htm   (14001 words)

  
 Who are the Jacobites?
The last male pretender to the English and Scottish thrones, with the Stuart name, was Cardinal King Henry IX and I, (IX of England, I of Scotland), younger brother of King Charles Edward Stuart III (Bonnie Prince Charlie).
If the laws of progeny were followed, the descendents of the youngest daughter of King Charles I, Princess Henrietta Anne, should have followed her nieces, Queens Mary and Anne, to the throne.
She married the Duke of Savoy and their son became King Charles III of Sardinia and Sicily.
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 Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke Louis IX of Bavaria (February 23, 1417, Burghausen–January 18, 1479, Landshut), (German: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut), from 1450 Duke of Bavaria-Landshut.
He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margarete of Austria.
Duke George of Bavaria (15 August 1455 – 1 December 1503)
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 Durgan
Duke Adalbert Of Alsace is the 40th great grandfather of Theodore Leland Durgan.
* Eberhard duke Of Alsatia was born Est.
She was born in 1122 on Bordeaux in the country of Aquitaine, having for a father the future duke of Aquitaine, William X, and her mother Aenor of Chatellerault.
theodore.l.durgan.home.att.net /d2.htm   (1321 words)

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