Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHenry The Fowler King Of Germany, 32G Grandfather
Birth876, Memleben, Germany
Death2 Jul 936, Memleben, Germany
BurialQuedlinburg Abbey, Germany
FatherOtto I Duke Of Saxony (~851-912)
MotherHedwiga Of Babenburg (-903)
Spouses
1Saint Matilda Of Ringelheim, 32G Grandmother
Birthabt 895, Enger, Duchy of Saxony, East Francia
Death14 Mar 968, Quedlinburg, Duchy of Saxony, East Francia
BurialQuedlinburg Abbey, Germany
FatherDietrich Of Ringelheim
MotherReinhild
MarriageWallhausen, Saxony-Anhalt
Notes for Henry The Fowler King Of Germany
Duke of Saxony from 912 and King of Germany from 919.
Generally considered to be the founder and first king of the medieval German state, known then as East Francia.
An avid hunter hence the epithet the Fowler.
Defeated by the Magyars in 919 at the Battle of Puchen.
Crushed the Magyars at the Battle of Riade in 933.
Conquered land from the Slavs and Danes
wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
Generally considered to be the founder and first king of the medieval German state, known then as East Francia.
An avid hunter hence the epithet the Fowler.
Defeated by the Magyars in 919 at the Battle of Puchen.
Crushed the Magyars at the Battle of Riade in 933.
Conquered land from the Slavs and Danes
wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
Notes for Matilda Of Ringelheim (Spouse 1)
As a young girl she was sent to Herford Abbey (in the Duchy of Saxony) where grandmother was Matilda was abbess. There her reputation for for beauty and virtue (and possibly her dowry) caught the attention of Duke Otto I of Saxony who married her to his son Henry.
Founded many religious institutions.
Her feast day is March 14.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim
Founded many religious institutions.
Her feast day is March 14.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim