Duke of Saxony (r. 1142–80) and Bavaria (r. 1156–80)
Henry the Lion
Depiction in the Gospels of Henry the Lion
Duke of Saxony
Reign
1142–1180
Predecessor
Albert the Bear
Successor
Bernard III
Duke of Bavaria
Reign
1156–1180
Predecessor
Henry XI
Successor
Otto I
Born
c. 1129 Ravensburg
Died
6 August 1195(1195-08-06) (aged 65–66) Brunswick
Burial
Brunswick Cathedral
Spouse
Clementia of Zähringen
(m. 1147; div. 1162)
Matilda of England
(m. 1168; died 1189)
Issue
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark
Matilda of Saxony
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
William of Winchester
House
Welf
Father
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
Mother
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
Henry the Lion (German: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131[1] – 6 August 1195[1]), also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony (ruled 1142-1180) and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria (ruled 1156-1180), was a member of the Welf dynasty.[2]
Henry was one of the most powerful German princes of his time, until the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty succeeded in isolating him and eventually deprived him of his duchies of Bavaria and Saxony during the reign of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and of Frederick's son and successor Henry VI.
At the height of his reign, Henry ruled over a vast territory stretching from the coast of the North and Baltic seas to the Alps, and from Westphalia to Pomerania. Henry achieved this great power in part by his political and military acumen and in part through the legacies of his four grandparents.
^ abEmmerson 2013, p. 320.
^Jordan, Karl H.E. "Henry III, duke of Bavaria and Saxony". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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