Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor 975-1024

Paternal Family Tree: Saxon Ottonian

Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor succeeded IV Duke Bavaria.

In or before 975 [his father] Henry "Quarrelsome" II Duke Bavaria [aged 23] and [his mother] Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Conrad I King Burgundy [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Adelaide Bellay Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria and Judith Luitpoldings.

Around 975 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor was born to Henry "Quarrelsome" II Duke Bavaria [aged 24] and Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria.

On 28th August 995 [his father] Henry "Quarrelsome" II Duke Bavaria [aged 44] died.

In 999 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 24] and Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Siegfried Count of Ardennes and Hedwig Nordgau. He the son of Henry "Quarrelsome" II Duke Bavaria and Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria. They were sixth cousins.

In 1002 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 27] was elected King Romans. [his wife] Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress [aged 27] by marriage Queen Consort Romans.

In 1004 [his brother-in-law] Henry V Duke Bavaria succeeded V Duke Bavaria.

In 1006 [his brother-in-law] Dietrich Luxemburg Ardennes Bishop Metz was appointed Bishop Metz.

On 21st July 1006 [his mother] Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria died.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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In 1014 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 39] was elected II Holy Roman Emperor. [his wife] Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress [aged 39] by marriage Holy Roman Empress.

In 1024 Henry King Romans II Holy Roman Emperor [aged 49] died.

On 3rd March 1040 [his former wife] Cunigunda Luxemburg Ardennes Holy Roman Empress [aged 65] died.