Cook Family Ancestry Henry the Fat Margrave of Frisia [6681] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Benno Count of Nordheim [64247]

Eilika [57285]

Otto II Duke of Swabia [6832]
(-1047)

Daughter [6172]

Otto of Nordheim von Northeim Duke of Bavaria [6682]
(Abt 1020-1083)

Richenza of Swabia [6683]
(1020-1083)

Henry the Fat Margrave of Frisia [6681]
(1055-1101)

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Gertrude of Brunswick von Meissen [6686]

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Born: c .?1055
Marriage: Gertrude of Brunswick von Meissen [6686] in 1086
Died: 1101 at age 46
Buried: 4 Apr 1101, Bursfelde

bullet Cause of his death was attacked at sea.

bullet Another name for Henry was Henry of Nordheim or Northeim.

bullet General Notes:

Margrave in Friesland.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03808

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry,_Margrave_of_Frisia

bullet Medical Notes:

His ship was attacked at sea and sunk, though his wife escaped the assault.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count in Rittigau and Eichsfeld, 1083.

• Acceded: Margrave of Frisia, 1099.

Henry married Gertrude of Brunswick von Meissen [6686] [MRIN: 2465], daughter of Egbert (Ekberts) I Margrave of Meissen [6687] and Ermgard [63540], in 1086. (Gertrude of Brunswick von Meissen [6686] was born about 1060 and died on 9 Dec 1117.)

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