Holy Roman Emperor Henry (The Fowler) of Germany I

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Membleben, Saxony, Germany

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Henry I (of Germany), called Henry The Fowler (876?-936), king of Germany (919-936), 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 Thüringen 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
- Bruno of Saxony II
  - b.0760 d.0813
  
  Duke of East Saxony Bruno of Saxony III
  - b.0790 d.0844
  
  King Wittekind (The Great) of Saxons ^*
  - b.0749 d.0807
  
  Hasala von Wettin
  - b.0773
  
  Geva Eysteinsdottir ^*
  - b.0750 in Norway
  
  Count Liudolf (The Great) of East Saxony
  - b.0806 d.0866
  
  Eckbert de Mersebourg
  - b.0755
  
  Suana of Monfort
  - b.0790
  
  Landfried of Germany II ^*
  
  Ida of Germany
  
  Ida
  
  Duke Otto (The Illustrious) Of Saxony I
  - b.0836 d.12 Nov 0912
  
  Billung of Saxony I
  - b.~  0780 in Saxony, Germany
  
  Oda Billung
  - b.0816 in Niederlahngau, Hesse, Thuringen, Saxony d.05 Oct 0913
  
  Charlemagne Roman ^*
  - b.02 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.28 Jan 0814 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  Paepin (Carloman) Italy
  - b.Apr 0773 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.08 Jul 0810 in Milan, Italy
  
  Hildegard Von Vinzgau Of Serbia ^*
  - b.0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
  
  Aede of the Franks
  - b.~  0784 in Saxony, Germany
  
  Margrave, Count William Autun I ^*
  - b.~  0751 in Languedoc, Toulouse, France d.28 May 0812 in Gellone, Herault, France
  
  Bertha de Toulouse
  - b.0777 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
  
  Guitberge Hornbach ^*
  - b.0770 d.0804
  
  Holy Roman Emperor Henry (The Fowler) of Germany I
  - b.0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jun 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
  
  Emperor Louis I (The Pious) Roman ^*
  - b.25 Sep 0778 in Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.20 Jun 0840 in Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France
  
  Louis II "The German" East Franks
  - b.0805
  
  Ermengardes (Irmengarde) Hesbaye ^*
  - b.0778 in Hesbaye, Germany d.03 Oct 0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
  
  Carolman Of Bavaria
  - b.0828 d.0880
  
  Guelph I (Welf) Altdorf ^*
  - b.0778 d.0819
  
  Emma Of Bavaria
  - b.0810 d.0876
  
  Hedwig Eigilwich Chelles
  - b.0780
  
  Arnulph Of Carinthia
  - b.0863 d.08 Dec 0899
  
  Litwinde Of Carinthia
  
  Hedwige Hathui Edith Of Germany
  - b.0860 d.24 Dec 0903
  
  Theodore Of Bavaria
  - b.0800 in Bavaria, Germany
  
  Oda Of Bavaria
  - b.0837
  
  Helingarde
  
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