Henry the Proud

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Henry the Proud was a powerful 12th-century German duke of Bavaria and Saxony and a leading member of the Welf dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Welf dynasty member
duke
nobleman
activeIn 12th century
allegiance Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
associatedWith Brunswick NERFINISHED
Weingarten Abbey NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 1108
burialPlace Weingarten Abbey NERFINISHED
causeOfLossOfDuchies conflict with King Conrad III
child Henry the Lion NERFINISHED
conflict dynastic conflict with Hohenstaufen
country Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 20 October 1139
deathPlace Quedlinburg NERFINISHED
era High Middle Ages
father Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED
fatherInLaw Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
heldTerritory Duchy of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED
Margraviate of Tuscany NERFINISHED
language Middle High German NERFINISHED
memberOf Welf dynasty NERFINISHED
mother Wulfhilde of Saxony NERFINISHED
motherInLaw Richenza of Northeim NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Welf NERFINISHED
nobleRank duke
notableFor accumulation of multiple duchies in the Holy Roman Empire
rivalry with the Hohenstaufen dynasty
opponent Conrad III of Germany NERFINISHED
politicalRole leading prince-elector candidate for the German kingship
positionHeld Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED
predecessor Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Lothair III as Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Gertrude of Süpplingenburg NERFINISHED
succeeded Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Lothair III as Duke of Saxony
successor Albert the Bear NERFINISHED
Conrad III of Germany (in control of Bavaria) NERFINISHED
Leopold IV, Margrave of Austria NERFINISHED
title Duke of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Duke of Bavaria (as Henry X) NERFINISHED
Duke of Saxony NERFINISHED
Duke of Saxony (as Henry II)
Margrave of Tuscany

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry the Lion father Henry the Proud
Conrad III of Germany opponent Henry the Proud