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Also known as: Henry I, Henry VI
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Category: History & Society
Born:
Oct. 28, 1017
Died:
Oct. 5, 1056, Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony [Germany] (aged 38)
Title / Office:
emperor (1046-1056), Holy Roman Empire
king (1039-1056), Germany
House / Dynasty:
Salian dynasty
Notable Family Members:
spouse Agnes of Poitou
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Henry III (born Oct. 28, 1017—died Oct. 5, 1056, Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony [Germany]) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, 1027–41), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, 1038–45), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (1046–56), a member of the Salian dynasty. The last emperor able to dominate the papacy, he was a powerful advocate of the Cluniac reform movement that sought to purify the Western church. Henry was the son of the emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. He was more thoroughly trained for his office than almost any other crown prince before or ...(100 of 1252 words)

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