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Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony 1055–1101 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1055

Birth Location: Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Death Date: 10 Apr 1101

Death Location: Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Father: Duke Bavaria

Mother: Richenza None

Spouse(s): Gertrud Braunschweig

Children(s): Richenza Northeim

The story of Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony began in 1055 in Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony married Gertrud Von Braunschweig, and had children including Richenza Von Northeim. Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1101 in Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony began in 1055 in Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
  • Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony married Gertrud Von Braunschweig, and had children including Richenza Von Northeim.
  • Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1101 in Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duke Bavaria
1015–1083
Birth Location: Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Richenza None
1025–1083
Birth Location: Werl, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Gertrud Braunschweig
1060–1117
Birth Location: Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Children(s)

Richenza Northeim
1095–1141
Birth Location: Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Heinrich Saxony's Ancestors

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Heinrich Saxony
1055–1101
Birth Place: Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Parents
Duke Otto II of Bavaria
1015–1083
Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Richenza
1025–1083
Werl, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Grandparents
Graf (Bernhard von) Northeim
–1047
Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Graf Northeim
–1004
Mathilde Katlenburg
–1002
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Siegfried Luxembourg
Hedwig Nordgau

Heinrich Saxony's Descendants

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Heinrich (III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of) Saxony (Abt. 1055–10 Apr 1101) m. Gertrud (von) Braunschweig (Abt. 1060–9 Dec 1117)
  1. 1. Richenza (von) Northeim 1095–1141 m. Lothar (III von Süpplingenburg, Holy Roman) Emperor 1075–1137
    1. 1. Gertrud (of) Süpplingenburg 1112–1143 m. Duke (Henry X of) Bavaria 1102–1139
      1. 1. Duke (Henry “the Lion”, of Saxony and) Bavaria 1129–1195 m. Matilda (Plantagenet of) England 1156–1189
        1. 1. Henry (V “the Elder” Von Braunschweig, Count Palatine of the) Rhine 1173–1227 m. Agnes (von) Hohenstaufen 1176–1204

Heinrich Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1055
Abt. 1055
Birth of Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony in Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
1101
10 Apr 1101
Age 46
Death of Heinrich III “the Fat” von Northeim, Duke of Saxony in Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1055
    Event Place: Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1101
    Event Place: Bursfelde, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
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