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Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria 1129–1195 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1129

Birth Location: Ravensburg

Death Date: 06 AUG 1195

Death Location: Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire

Father: Henry Bavaria

Mother: Gertrude Süpplingenburg

Spouse(s): Matilda Saxony, Clementia Zähringen

Children(s): Otto Burgundy, Henry Rhine, William Lüneburg, Gertrude Denmark

In 1129, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria / entered the world in Ravensburg, born to Henry X Duke Of Bavaria And Gertrude Of Supplingenburg. Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria married Clementia Of Zahringen, Matilda Of England Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Gertrude Of Bavaria Queen Consort Of Denmark, Henry V Count Palatine Of The Rhine, Otto Iv Holy Roman Emperor King Of The Romans King Of Italy King Of Burgundy, William Of Winchester Lord Of Luneburg. Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria / passed away in 1195 in Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire.

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Biography

  • In 1129, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria // entered the world in Ravensburg, born to Henry X Duke Of Bavaria And Gertrude Of Supplingenburg.
  • Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria // married Clementia Of Zahringen, Matilda Of England Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Gertrude Of Bavaria Queen Consort Of Denmark, Henry V Count Palatine Of The Rhine, Otto Iv Holy Roman Emperor King Of The Romans King Of Italy King Of Burgundy, William Of Winchester Lord Of Luneburg.
  • Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria // passed away in 1195 in Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire.

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Henry Bavaria's Ancestors

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Henry Bavaria
1129–1195
Birth Place: Ravensburg
Parents
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
1108–1139
Gertrude (of) Süpplingenburg
1115–1143
Grandparents
Henry (IX, Duke of) Bavaria
1075–1126
Wulfhilde (of) Saxony
1072–1126
Richenza (of Northeim, Empress consort of the Holy Roman) Empire
1087–1141
Lothair (II, Holy Roman) Emperor
1075–1137
Lutterloh, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Welf Bavaria
–1101
Judith Northumbria
1033–1094
Magnus, Saxony
1045–1106
Sophia Saxony
1050–1095
Henry, Frisia
1055–1101
Gertrude Brunswick
1060–1117
Gebhard Supplinburg
1030–1075
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Albert Milan
–1097
Kunigunde Altdorf
1020–1054
Baldwin Flanders
–1035
Eleanor Normandy
1013–1071
Ordulf, Saxony
1022–1072
Wulfhild Norway
1020–1071
Béla Hungary
1015–1063
Adelaide Poland
1013–1075
Otto Bavaria
1020–1083
Richenza Swabia
1025–1083
Egbert Meissen
–1068
Immilla Turin
1020–1078

Henry Bavaria's Descendants

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Henry (the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of) Bavaria (1129–06 AUG 1195) m. Matilda (of England, Duchess of) Saxony (1156–28 JUN 1189) m. Clementia (of) Zähringen (–1175)
  1. 1. Otto (IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King of Italy, King of) Burgundy 1175–1218 m. Beatrice (of Swabia, Holy Roman) Empress 1198–1212 m. Maria (of Brabant, Holy Roman) Empress 1190–1260
  2. 2. Henry (V, Count Palatine of the) Rhine 1173–1227 m. Agnes (of) Hohenstaufen 1176–1204
    1. 1. Irmengard (of the) Rhine 1200–1260 m. Herman (V Margrave of) Baden-Baden 1180–1243
      1. 1. Rudolf (I Margrave of) Baden-Baden 1230–1288
        1. 1. Herman (VII Margrave of) Baden-Baden 1266–1291
      2. 2. Herman (VI Margrave of) Baden 1226–1250 m. Gertrude (of) Austria 1226–1288
    2. 2. Agnes (of the Palatinate, Duchess of) Bavaria 1201–1267 m. Otto (II, Duke of Bavaria) Wittelsbach 1206–1253
      1. 1. Elisabeth (of Bavaria, Queen of) Germany 1227–1273 m. Conrad (IV, King of Germany, King of) Jerusalem 1228–1254 m. Meinhard (II, Duke of) Carinthia 1238–1295
        1. 1. Otto (III, Duke of) Carinthia 1265–1310
        2. 2. Elizabeth (of Carinthia, Queen of) Germany 1262–1312 m. Albert (I, King of) Germany 1255–1308
        3. 3. Henry, (King of) Bohemia 1265–1335 m. Adelaide (of) Brunswick 1285–1324 m. Anne (of) Bohemia 1290–1313
      2. 2. Louis (II, Duke of) Bavaria 1229–1294 m. Matilda (of Habsburg, Duchess consort of) Bavaria 1253–1304
        1. 1. Agnes (of Bavaria Margravine of) Brandenburg-Stendal 1276–1345 m. Henry (I Margrave of) Brandenburg-Stendal 1256–1318
        2. 2. Louis (IV, Holy Roman) Emperor 1282–1347 m. Margaret (II, Countess of Hainaut, Holy Roman) Empress 1311–1356 m. Beatrice (of Silesia, Queen consort of) Germany 1290–1322
        3. 3. Matilda (of) Bavaria 1275–1319 m. Otto (II, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1266–1330
  3. 3. William (of Winchester, Lord of) Lüneburg 1184–1213
    1. 1. Otto (I, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1204–1252 m. Matilda (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1210–1261
      1. 1. John (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1242–1277 m. Liutgard (of) Holstein-Itzehoe –1289
        1. 1. Otto (II, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1266–1330 m. Matilda (of) Bavaria 1275–1319
      2. 2. Adelheid (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg –1274 m. Henry (I, Landgrave of) Hesse 1244–1308
        1. 1. Otto (I, Landgrave of) Hesse 1272–1328
      3. 3. Albert (I, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1236–1279
        1. 1. Henry (I, Duke of) Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1267–1322 m. Agnes (of) Meissen 1264–1332
        2. 2. Albert (II, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1268–1318 m. Rixa (of) Werle 1284–1317
      4. 4. Elisabeth (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg –1266 m. William (II, Count of) Holland 1227–1256
        1. 1. Floris (V, Count of) Holland 1254–1296 m. Beatrice (of) Flanders 1260–1291
  4. 4. Gertrude (of Bavaria, Queen consort of) Denmark 1152–1197 m. Canute (VI, King of) Denmark 1163–1202

Henry Bavaria's Timeline

2 Records

1129
1129
Birth of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria // in Ravensburg
Ravensburg
1195
06 AUG 1195
Age 66
Death of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria // in Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire
Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1129
    Event Place: Ravensburg

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 AUG 1195
    Event Place: Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire

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