Henry the Lion of Saxony Duke of Saxony and Bavaria [6690] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Acceded: 1156
Added to his possesions the counties of Mecklenburg and Luneburg, by conquest
from the Sclaves. He neglected his duty to Emperor Barbarossa and was
publicly proscribed in 1180. He was obliged to absent himself from Germany for
three years and he repaired to England with his second consort Maud.

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Brian Tompsett, University of Hull, England, has him as Henry V the Lion of Saxony
Wikipedia has hi as Henry the Lion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Lion

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The Henry The Lion Bible is preserved in near mint condition from the year 1170; it is located in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel , a town in Lower Saxony.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Saxony, 1142. Duke of Saxony , as Henry III, from 1142, held until 1180

• Acceded: Duke of Bavaria, 1156. Duke of Bavaria , as Henry XII, from 1156, held until 1180

Henry married Clementina of Zähringen Duchess consort of Bavaria and Saxony [8503] [MRIN: 3506] about 1150. (Clementina of Zähringen Duchess consort of Bavaria and Saxony [8503] died in 1175.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorce, 23 Nov 1162, Constance.

Henry next married Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet [3910] [MRIN: 3507], daughter of Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565] [9H8V-L97] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564] [9CMK-Z62], on 1 Feb 1168 in Minden Cathedral, Saxony, Germany. (Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet [3910] was born in Jun 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Niedersachsen, Germany and was buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Brunswick, Niedersachsen, Germany.)