Emperor Henry ("the Fowler") I 
Henry, known as "the Fowler", was born about 0876 in Saxony, Germany. "the Fowler"'s father was Duke Otto ("le Grand", "the Illustrious) von Erlauchten of Saxony and his mother was Princess Hedwige of the Holy Roman Empire. His paternal grandparents were Duke Liudolf ("the Great") of Saxony and Oda of Saxony; his maternal grandparents were Emperor Arnulf of the Holy Roman Empire and Oda of Bavaria. He had a brother and four sisters, named Liudolf, Uda, Ode, Ita and Luitgard. He died on June 2nd, 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany.General Notes
Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Saxony, King of the Germans
HIST: HENRY THE FOWLER WAS THE FIRST IN THE LINE OF SAXON KINGS OF GERMANY. IN 912, HENRY SUCCEDED HIS FATHER AS DUKE OF SAXONY. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF CONRAD I, KING OF GERMANY, IN 918, HENRY WAS CHOSEN AS KING BY FRANCONIAN AND SAXON NOBLES.
BAVARIA, SWABIA, AND LOTHARINGIA REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AT FIRST AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 925 UNTIL HE MANAGED TO WIN RECOGNITION FROM ALL GERMAN STATES. IN 926, HENRY SECURED A NINE YEAR TRUCE FORM WARFARE WITH THE MAGYARS. DURING THAT PERIOD, HE TRANSFORMED MANY OF THE SMALL TOWNS IN GERMANY INTO FORTIFIED CITIES WITH TRAINED TROOPS. HIS MILITARY PREPARATIONS WERE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN WAR AGAINST THE WENDS IN 929. WHEN THE MAGYARS INVADED THURIGEN IN 933, HENRY REPULSED THEM. HE DEFEATED THE DANES IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND SEIZED TERRITORY FROM THEM. HENRY WAS THE FIRST TO CREATE A UNITED GERMANY, AND ALTOUGH HE WAS NEVER CROWNED, HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0752 in Saxony, Germany d.0807/0810
- b.0790 d.0825/0851
- b.0750
- b.~ 0800 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0750
- b.0782/0800 in Saxony, Germany
- b.ABT 0806/0816 d.06 Sep 0864
- b.~ 0765 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.ABT 0790/0804 in Saxony, Germany
- b.ABT 0836/0851 in Saxony, Germany d.12 Nov 0912
- b.~ 0725
- b.~ 0755
- b.~ 0725
- b.0780 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0755
- b.0806/0810 in Saxony, Germany d.May 0913
- b.02 Apr 0742 in Ingelheim, Germany d.28 Jan 0814 in Aachen, Prussia
- b.Apr 0773/0776 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.08 Jul 0810 in Milan, Italy
- b.0758 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Moselle, France
- b.~ 0784 in Saxony, Germany d.0806
- b.ABT 0745/0752 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France d.28 May 0812 in Gellone, France
- b.~ 0777 in Toulouse, Gascony
- b.ABT 0758/0760 in Prussia d.Jun 0835
- b.~ 0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jun 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil, France d.30 Apr 0840 in Near, Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse
- b.0805/0806 d.28 Aug 0876 in Francfort, Deu
- b.~ 0778 in Hesbaye, Belgium d.03 Oct 0818 in Tours, France
- b.~ 0828 in Bavaria, Germany d.0880
- b.~ 0776 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.ABT 0818/0830
- b.0809 d.31 Jan 0875/0876
- b.~ 0780 in Bavaria d.ABT 0825/0833
- b.~ 0820 in Carinthia, Austria d.08 Dec 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0824 in Corinth, Greece
- b.0855 in Saxony, Germany d.0906
- b.0800/0815 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.0820 in Bavaria, Germany d.29 Nov 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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"the Fowler" and Matilda were married in a religious ceremony in 0909. They had two sons and four daughters, named "the Great", "the Quarrelsome", Oda, Hedwige, Gerberga and Gerberge Auceps.
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Children
Emperor Otto ("the Great") I of Germany
Otto, known as "the Great", was born on November 23rd, 0912 in Saxony, Germany. He died at the age of 60 on May 7th, 0973 in Memleben, Saxony, Germany.
Herzog Henry ("the Quarrelsome") von Bayern I
Henry, known as "the Quarrelsome", was born in 0918 in Germany. He died at the age of 37 on November 1st, 0955.
Princess Hedwige von Sachsen
Hedwige was born about 0922 in Saxony, Germany. She died on May 10th, 0965 in Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia. She was buried on May 10th, 0965.
Gerberga of Saxony
Gerberga was born in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia. She died on May 5th, 0984 in Rheims, Marne, France. She was buried in Rheims Abbey, Marne, France.
Princess Gerberge Auceps von Sachsen of the Germans
Gerberge Auceps was born in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia. She died on May 5th, 0984 in Reims, Champagne. She was buried in Reims, Champagne.
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