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Male Duke Heinrich (The Proud) of Bavaria and Saxony Click to view Duke Heinrich (The Proud) of Bavaria and Saxony in the family tree

Heinrich, known as The Proud, was born in 1100 in Bavaria.1   The Proud's father was Duke Heinrich (Welf - Black) of Bavaria IX and his mother was Princess Ulfhide Billung (of Saxony).  His paternal grandparents were Duke Guelph of Bavaria IV and Countess Judith of Northumbria; his maternal grandparents were Duke of Saxony Magnus Billung and Princess of Hungary Zsofia Arpad. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Konrad, Guelph, Judith, Sofie, Mathilde and Wulfhild.  He was the oldest of the seven children.  He died at the age of 39 on October 20th, 1139.2 

Family Details of The Proud's family with Duchess Gertrude of Austria

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I10422
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I33927&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475, Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475

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