Henry the Lion
Noble person
1129 – 1195
Who was Henry the Lion?
Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180.
He was one of the most powerful German princes of his time, until the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty succeeded in isolating him and eventually deprived him of his duchies of Bavaria and Saxony during the reign of his cousin Frederick I Barbarossa and of Frederick's son and successor Henry VI.
At the height of his reign, Henry ruled over a vast territory stretching from the coast of the North and Baltic Seas to the Alps, and from Westphalia to Pomerania. Henry achieved this great power in part by his political and military acumen and in part through the legacies of his four grandparents.
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- Born
- 1129
Ravensburg - Also known as
- Henry III, Duke of Saxony
- Parents
- Spouses
- Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
(1168/02/01 - 1189/06/28) - Clementia of Zähringen
(1147 - 1162/11/23)
- Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- White people
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Baden-Württemberg
- Braunschweig
- Died
- Aug 6, 1195
Braunschweig - Resting place
- Brunswick Cathedral
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on July 23, 2013
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