Heinrich I "the Fowler" 
Heinrich I "the was born in 0876 in Saxony, Germany. Heinrich I "the's father was Otto "The Illustrious" and his mother was Hedwige Von Sachsen. His paternal grandparents were Count in Saxony Liudolf and Oda of Thuringen; his maternal grandparents were Arnulf of Carinthia and Oda of Bavaria. He had two sisters named Oda and Brunchilde. He died in Membleben, Saxony, Germany.General Notes
* King of Saxony
* Note:
Henry I (of Germany), called Henry The Fowler (876?-936), king of Germany (919-36), the first of the Saxon line of German kings. In 912 Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony. Following the death of Conrad I, king of Germany, in 918, Henry was chosen king by the Franconian and Saxon nobles. Bavaria, Swabia, and Lotharingia refused to acknowledge him at first, and it was not until 925 that he managed to win recognition from all the German states. In 926 Henry secured a nine-year truce from warfare with the Magyars. During that period he transformed many of the small towns of Germany into fortified cities with trained troops of mounted warriors. His military preparations were successfully tested in a war against the Wends in 929. When the Magyars invaded Thuringia in 933, Henry repulsed them decisively. He defeated the Danes in the following year and seized territory from them. Henry was the first to create a united Germany, and, although he never received the imperial crown, he is generally recognized as one of the Holy Roman emperors. He was succeeded by his son, Otto.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0728 d.0807
- b.~ 0789 in Saxony d.~ 0851
- b.~ 0788 in East Saxony d.0843
- b.~ 0755
- b.0806 in Saxony d.6 SEP 864 in Saxony
- b.~ 0795 in Montfort, France
- b.0836 in Saxony d.30 NOV 912
- b.~ 0780 in Saxony
- b.0816 d.May 0913
- b.~ 0784 in Saxony
- b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.2 JUN 936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.Aug 0778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d.20 JUN 840 in Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse, Germany
- b.0805 d.0879
- b.~ 0778 in Hesbaye, Liege d.3 OCT 818 in Angers, France
- b.0828 in Bayern, Bavaria d.22 SEP 880 in Ottingen, Bayern, Bavaria
- b.0787 in Artdorf, Bavaria, Prussia d.0818 in Alemannia
- b.~ 0806 in Andech, Bavaria
- b.~ 0780 in Bavaria, Prussia d.> 0833
- b.0863 in Saxony d.0899
- b.~ 0824 in Carinthia, Greece
- b.~ 0855 in Saxony d.24 DEC 903
- b.~ 0815
- b.~ 0840 in Bayern, Bavaria
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Children
Hedwige von Saxony
Hedwige was born about 0910 in Saxony, Holy Roman, Empire. She died in Aix-la-Chappelle, France. She was buried in Aachen, Rheinland, Germany.
Gerberga von Saxony
Gerberga was born in 0913 in Nordhausen, Saxony. She died in Reims, Marne, France.
They had a daughter named Princess of the Saxons.
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