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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Label Occurrences
Henry the Proud canonical 8
Henry the Black 1

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Statements (47)

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

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Referenced by (9)

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 ⓘ
House of Welf in Saxony → notableMember → Henry the Proud ⓘ
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg → spouse → Henry the Proud ⓘ
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg → notableRelative → Henry the Black ⓘ
linked to: Henry the Proud