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Personal data Hendrik I van Babenberg 

• He was born in the year 820.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Henry (died 886), a son of Count Poppo of Grapfeld, one of the first Babenbergs, was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Charles the Fat. He was variously titled Count or Margrave of Saxony and Duke of Franconia.
  
  Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle, Babenberg, on the River Main, around which the later city of Bamberg was built. He enjoyed the favour of Charles the Fat and was his right-hand man in Germany during his reign. He led a surprise strike on a force of Vikings prior to the Siege of Asselt, but it was unsuccessful. When, in 885, Charles summoned Hugh, Duke of Alsace, and Godfrey, Duke of Frisia, to a court at Lobith, it was Henry who arrested them and had Godfrey executed and Hugh imprisoned on Charles' orders.
  
  In 884, when Charles succeeded to the throne of West Francia, he sent Henry there to hold the March of Neustria against the Vikings. In 886, he was sent to aid the besieged of Paris. He did not stay long but returned later that year with Charles. However, he died in a skirmish with the Vikings while en route.
  Family
  
  Henry has been speculated to have married Ingeltrude, daughter of Eberhard of Friuli and Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious. A daughter of Berengar I of Neustria, himself possibly a Conradine, has been suggested as another possible wife. Marriage with the latter would have been made possible and perhaps advisable by Henry's new position in Neustria and his dealings with the Vikings. Henry had one known daughter:
  
  Hedwiga, married Otto I, Duke of Saxony
  
  It has also been suggested that Henry had a son, named either Henry or, on the basis of onomastics, Berenger, who is to be identified with Berengar II of Neustria.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Hendrik van Babenberg (ook wel Hendrik van Neustrië) (ca. 820 - bij Parijs, 28 augustus 886) was de belangrijkste legeraanvoerder van Lodewijk III de Jonge en Karel de Dikke. Hendrik was markgraaf van Saksen en hertog van Franken. Zijn belangrijkste kasteel was de Babenberg waar het geslacht van de Babenbergers naar is genoemd, op de plaats van het kasteel is de stad Bamberg ontstaan.
  
  n 861 nam Hendrik deel aan de mislukte opstand van Koenraad van Beieren tegen Lodewijk de Duitser. Dit bleef blijkbaar zonder ernstige gevolgen voor Hendrik want in 866 trad hij op als legeraanvoerder voor Lodewijk III tegen Moravië. In 871 kwam hij echter weer in conflict met Lodewijk toen die een vazal van Hendrik de ogen liet uitsteken, en zo inbreuk maakte op Hendriks bevoegdheden. Na de dood van Lodewijk de Duitser trad Hendrik pas in 880 weer op de voorgrond als aanvoerder tegen de opstandige Hugo, hertog van de Elzas.
  
  Nadat Karel de Dikke koning van geheel Oost-Francië was geworden, werd Hendrik zijn legeraanvoerder. In 882 leidde hij de veldtocht tegen Godfried de Noorman die met een leger van Vikingen was gelegerd bij Asselt. Voordat het tot een echte veldslag kwam, werd er echter een akkoord gesloten waarbij de inval van Godfried werd afgekocht met een geldbedrag en met graafschappen in Friesland. Het jaar daarop bevocht Hendrik de Vikingen echter alweer in de omgeving van Prüm. In 885 rekende Hendrik definitief af met Godfried de Noorman en Hugo van de Elzas. Zijn soldaten vermoordden samen met de lokale graven Gerulf en Everhard Saxo, Godfried tijdens een feestelijke bijeenkomst in Spijk waar Hugo gevangen werd genomen.
  
  Toen Karel de Dikke in 884 ook koning van West-Francië was geworden, werd Hendrik belast met de verdediging van Neustrië tegen de Vikingen. In 886 probeerde hij Parijs te ontzetten toen die stad door de Vikingen werd belegerd. Hendrik moest zich terugtrekken maar toen Karel de Dikke zich met versterkingen bij hem voegde, trok hij weer naar Parijs. Hendrik werd toen tijdens een schermutseling gedood. Hij ligt begraven in de abdij van Sint-Medardus te Soissons waar ook veel leden van het Merovingische koningshuis zijn begraven.

• (Levens event) .Source 3

  Henry (died 886), possibly a son or grandson of Count Poppo of Grapfeld, one of the first Babenbergs, was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Charles the Fat. He was variously titled Count or Margrave of Saxony and Duke of Franconia.
  
  Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle, Babenberg, on the River Main, around which the later city of Bamberg was built. He enjoyed the favour of Charles the Fat and was his right-hand man in Germany during his reign. He led a surprise strike on a force of Vikings prior to the Siege of Asselt, but it was unsuccessful. When, in 885, Charles summoned Hugh, Duke of Alsace, and Godfrey, Duke of Frisia, to a court at Lobith, it was Henry who arrested them and had Godfrey executed and Hugh imprisoned on Charles' orders.
  
  In 884, when Charles succeeded to the throne of West Francia, he sent Henry there to hold the March of Neustria against the Vikings. In 886, he was sent to aid the besieged of Paris. He did not stay long but returned later that year with Charles. However, he died in a skirmish with the Vikings while en route.
  Family
  
  Henry has been speculated to have married Ingeltrude, daughter of Eberhard of Friuli and Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious. A daughter of Berengar I of Neustria, himself possibly a Conradine, has been suggested as another possible wife. Marriage with the latter would have been made possible and perhaps advisable by Henry's new position in Neustria and his dealings with the Vikings. Henry had one known daughter:
  
  Hedwiga, married Otto I, Duke of Saxony
  
  It has also been suggested that Henry had a son, named either Henry or, on the basis of onomastics, Berenger, who is to be identified with Berengar II of Neustria.

• He died on August 28, 886 in Bij Parijs, he was 66 years old.
• He is buried in St. Medard Te Soissons, Frankrijk.
• A child of Poppo I van Grabfeld and Williswind ? van Saksen
• This information was last updated on July 27, 2012.

Household of Hendrik I van Babenberg

He is married to Ingeltrude van Friuli.

They got married in the year 854, he was 34 years old.Source 4

Child(ren):

1. Erenfried I van Bliesgau  845-> 904 
2. Berengar II van Bayeux  850-896 
3. Adelinde van Babenberg  855-> 915 
4. Luitpold van Karinthië  855-907 
5. Hedwig van de Nordmark-Babenberg  856-903 

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