Henry V Duke Of SAXONY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Henry V the Lion of Saxony
• Residence: Henry the Lion
• Residence: Between 1142 and 1180, Duke of Saxony
• Residence: Between 1156 and 1180, Duke of Bavaria

Notes:

Henry V was Duke of Saxony 1142-1180 and Bavaria 1156-1180. He was son of Henry the Proud. Henry's first marriage was dissolved in 1162. There was a son who died young and "probable 2 daughters": Gertrude m.(1) Frederick IV (d. 1167, Rome) of Swabia/Rothenburg, son of Conrad III; married (2) Knut VI (d. 1202), King of Denmark ( no issue): and a daughter who died young, "whose name is not certain but may have been Richenza" and who was betrothed to Knut, son of Valdemar of Denmark. Henry the Lion also had an illegitimate daughter, Matilda (b. abt 1155-1156; d. bef 1219), who married after 1167 Henry Borwin I of Mecklenburg, eldest son of Pribislav.

Henry married Matilda Of ENGLAND on 01 Feb 1168 in Cathedral Chruch in Minden. Matilda (daughter of Henry II 'Curtmantle' King Of ENGLAND and Eleanor Of AQUITAINE) was born in 1156 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in St. Blasius, Braunschweig, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Of LUNEBURG was born on 11 Apr 1184 in Winchester, England; died on 13 Dec 1213.
2. Lothaire Of BRUNSWICK was born between 1174 and 1175; died on 15 Oct 1190 in Augsburg.
3. Otho IV Of Brunswick Holy Roman EMPEROR was born in 1177; died on 19 May 1218.
4. Henry I Duke Of BRUNSWICK died between 28 Apr and 05 May 1227.
5. Matilda Of BRUNSWICK was born in 1172; died between 1208 and 1209.

Henry married Clementia Of ZAHRINGEN in 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]