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Magnus (c. 1045 – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway, he was the last member of the House of Billung. Rebellion. In 1070, before he was duke, he joined Otto of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria, in rebellion against the Salian Emperor Henry IV. Otto was accused of being ...
William, Lord of Lüneburg. House. House of Plantagenet. Father. Henry II of England. Mother. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet [a] and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
George the Bearded (Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so. Despite George's efforts to avoid a succession by a Lutheran upon his death in 1539, he could not prevent it from happening. Under the Act of Settlement of 1499, Lutheran Henry IV became the new duke. Upon his accession, Henry ...
Jul 18, 2009 · The fear that the emperor intended to undermine the standing of the princes provoked the unsuccessful assassination attempt by Count Thietmar Billung, brother of Duke Bernard II of Saxony, in 1047. On 10 September 1056, a month before the emperor's death, the regime suffered a serious defeat, threatening the security of eastern Saxony.
"Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (German: Heinrich der Fromme) (16 March 1473, in Dresden – 18 August 1541, in Dresden) was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding George, Duke of Saxony, a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church as the state religion in his domains."
May 9, 2024 · After the death of her husband Duke Giselbert of Lotharingia, Henry's daughter Gerberga of Saxony married King Louis IV of France. His youngest daughter, Hedwige of Saxony, married Duke Hugh the Great of France and was the mother of Hugh Capet, the first Capetian king of France.[citation needed] Legacy[edit]
Wulfhilde of Saxony. Henry the Proud ( German: Heinrich der Stolze) ( c. 1108 – 20 October 1139), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Bavaria (as Henry X) from 1126 to 1138 and Duke of Saxony (as Henry II) as well as Margrave of Tuscany and Duke of Spoleto from 1137 until his death. In 1138 he was a candidate for the election as King ...
