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  1. Hedwige von Sachsen  903-965 
  2. Gerberga von Sachsen  ± 913-969 
  3. Heinrich von Bayern  919-955 

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      Heinrich Heinrich I der Vogler, the Fowler, L'Oseleur, Linnustaja Deutschland (geboren Liudolfing of Germany)<br>Geslacht: Man<br>Geboorte: 876<br>Huwelijk: 909 - Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany<br>Huwelijk: 906<br>Overlijden: 2 jul 936 - Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany<br>Vader: Otto Otto I der Erlauchte, Graf im Südthüringau, Graf im Eichsfeld von Sachsen (geboren Liudolfing of Saxony)<br>Moeder: Hedwig Hathui, Hathwiga Pyhän Room von Bayern (geboren Bayern Babenberg, of Bavaria)<br>Echtgenote(n/s): Saint Matilda Mechtilde Widukinde Countess of Ringelheim, Queen of Germany von Ringelheim (geboren Ringelheim von Hatheburg)Hatheburg Sachsen (geboren of Saxony)<br>Kinderen: Gerelse Bayern (geboren Bavaria)Archbishop Brun Bruno the Great Sachsen (geboren von Sachsen)Hedwige Edhilda, Hartwige de Paris (geboren Sachsen von Sachsen)Heinrich Heinrich II Duke of Lotharingia and Bavaria von Bayern (geboren Sachsen)Otto Otto I the Great, Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches (Liudolfinger), Liudolfinger, of Sachsen Italy and Germany Holy Roman Empire (geboren Ottonian)Gerberga Gerberge von Sachsen (geboren Liudolfing of Saxony, of Germany, de Lorraine,)Thankmar Sachsen (geboren of Saxony)<br>Broers/zusters: Irminburg Ermenburg Liudolfing (geboren Sachsen)Liudolf von Sachsen (geboren Liudolfing)Thankmar von Sachsen (geboren Liudolfing)Oda Uda von Sachsen (geboren Liudolfing von Sachsen, de Metz, of Carinthia)&;lt;br>Foto's:
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      Heinrich I. von Sachsen König des Ostfrankenreiches<br>Bijnaam: Henry the Fowler<br>Ook bekend als: Heinrich I of SachsenHeinrich der VoglerHeinrich der Finkler<br&gt;Geslacht: Man<br>Geboorte: Ongeveer 876 - Pfalz Memleben, Ostfranken, Ostfrankenreich<br>Huwelijk: Henry married Hatheburg of Merseburg in 906, a young widow who had become a nun. Because she had taken vowes Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt condemned the marriage and the couple were threatened with excommunication. In the end, after the birth of a son, they separated and Hatheburg returned to the convent and became abbess. - 906<br>Huwelijk: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Hatheburg of Merseburg - 906<br>Scheiding: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Hatheburg of Merseburg - 909<br>Overlijden: 2 jul 936 - Pfalz Memleben, Ostranken, Ostfrankenreich<br>Begrafenis: Van 2 jul 936 - Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony<br>Ouders: Otto I 'der Erlauchte' Herzog von Sachsen, Haduich Herzogin von Sachsen (geboren von Babenberg)<br>Echtgenote(n/s): Hatheburg of Merseburg von Sachsen, Mathilde von Sachsen Königin des ostfränkischen Reich<br>Kinderen: Thankmar, Hedwig (geboren von Sachsen), Otto I. Kaiser des hl. Römischen Reiches, Gerberga von Sachsen, Heinrich I Herzog von Bayern., Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne<br>Broers/zusters: Thankmar von Sachsen, Oda von Sachsen, Ludiolf von Sachsen, Oda von Sachsen, Brunchild<br>Deze persoon schijnt dubbele verwanten te hebben. Bekijk het op FamilySearch om alle informatie te bekijken.<br>  Aanvullende informatie:

      Verwantschap: Founder of the Saxon Dynasty, also called Liudolfing Dynast
      LifeSketch: Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (aprox. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912[1] and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king. He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule. Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925. Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead. Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood. Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934. Henry's hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by the kings Rudolph of West Francia and Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935. Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death. Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg, daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry's son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar's legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda, daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024. Henry had two wives and at least six children: With Hatheburg: - Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda: - Hedwig (910–965) – wife of West Francia's powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia - Otto I (912–973) – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex - Gerberga (913–984) – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France - Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria - Bruno (925–965) – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia. Henry became Duke of Saxony after his father's death in 912. An able ruler, he continued to strengthen the position of his duchy within the weakening kingdom of East Francia, and was frequently in conflict with his neighbors to the South in the Duchy of Franconia. On 23 December 918 Conrad I, king of East Francia and Franconian duke, died. Although Henry had rebelled against Conrad I between 912 and 915 over the lands in Thuringia, Conrad recommended Henry as his successor. Kingship now changed from the Franks to the Saxons, who had suffered greatly during the conquests of Charlemagne and were proud of their identity. Henry, as Saxon, was the first non-Frank on the throne. Conrad's choice was conveyed by his brother, duke Eberhard III of Franconia at the Imperial Diet of Fritzlar in 919. The assembled Franconian and Saxon nobles elected Henry to be king with other regional dukes not participating in the election. Archbishop Heriger of Mainz offered to anoint Henry according to the usual ceremony, but he refused – the only king of his time not to undergo that rite – allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church's but by the people's acclaim. Henry, who was elected to kingship by only the Saxons and Franconians at Fritzlar, had to subdue the other dukes. Duke Burchard II of Swabia soon swore fealty to the new king, but when he died, Henry appointed a noble from Franconia to be the new duke. Duke Arnulf of Bavaria, lord over a realm of impressive extent, with de facto powers of a king and at times even named so in documents, proved a much harder nut to crack. He would not submit until Henry defeated him in two campaigns in 921. In Bavaria Duke Arnulf declared himself king in 919. Henry besieged Arnulf's residence at Ratisbon and forced the duke into submission. In 921 Arnulf renounced the crown and submitted to Henry while maintaining significant autonomy and the right to mint his own coins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
      FIRSTNONFRANKKINGOFFRANCIA: King Henry, of Saxon heritage, was the first non-Frank to occupy the throne of Francia (Franconia)
      TitleOfNobility: King of East Francia, König des Ostfrankenreiches, King of Eastern Franconia, Duke of Saxony, Duc de Saxe, Herzog von Sachsen
      TitleOfNobility: Roi de Germanie, Duc de Saxe
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