Henry I "The Fowler", King Of The Germans

876 - 936  (60 years)

• Name	Henry I "The Fowler"
  Suffix	King Of The Germans
  Nickname	The Fowler
  Birth	876	Of Saxony, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	876	Saxony, Germany
  	Alt. Birth
  Alt. Death	2 Jul 936	Membleben, Saxony, Germany
  	Alt. Death
  Name	The Fowler
  Occupation	King
  _UID	C5A0362C27B84B3E9B47911287FA570A9603
  Death	2 Jul 936	Membleben, Saxony, Germany
  Person ID	I25469	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Otto "Der Erlauchte", Duke Of Saxony,   b. 836, Saxony, Germany d. 30 Nov 912 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Haduwig Von Babenberg, Hedwig,   b. Abt 855, Saxony, Germany d. 24 Dec 903 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	869
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F3486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mathilda Von RINGELHEIM, Countess Of Ringelheim,   b. Abt 878, Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d. 14 May 968, Membleben, Saxony, Germany (Age ~ 90 years)
  Marriage	909	Wallhausen
  Children	1. Emperor Otto I "The Great" Of The HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 23 Nov 912, Saxony, Germany d. 7 May 973, Membleben, Saxony, Germany (Age 60 years)   2. Gerberge, Queen Of France,   b. 913-914, Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia d. 5 May 984, Reims, Champagne, France (Age 70 years)   3. Hedwige (Hadevich) Judith Of SAXONY,   b. Abt 922, Saxony, Germany d. 10 Mar 965, Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany (Age ~ 43 years)
  Family ID	F3484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

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  King Henry The Fowler of the Germans

  
  

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  Henry I (of Germany), called Henry The Fowler (876?-936), king of Germany (919-936), the first of the Saxon line of German kings. In 912 Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony. Following the death of Conrad I, king of Germany, in 918, Henry was chosen king by the Franconian and Saxon nobles. Bavaria, Swabia, and Lotharingia refused to acknowledge him at first, and it was not until 925 that he managed to win recognition from all the German states. In 926 Henry secured a nine-year truce from warfare with the Magyars. During that period he transformed many of the small towns of Germany into fortified cities with trained troops of mounted warriors. His military preparations were successfully tested in a war against the Wends in 929. When the Magyars invaded Thüringen in 933, Henry repulsed them decisively. He defeated the Danes in the following year and seized territory from them. Henry was the first to create a united Germany, and, although he never received the imperial crown, he is generally recognized as one of the Holy Roman emperors. He was succeeded by his son, Otto.