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Henry was married in 1036 to Canute the Great's daughter Gunhilda, born around 1020. Early on Henry's father emperor Conrad II had arranged fief with Canute to have him rule over some parts of northern Germany and in turn to have their children get married. After the marriage took place at the earliest legal age, Gunhilda died just two years later at the Adriatic Coast on an imperial journey.
Henry was re-married in 1043 to Agnes de Poitou, daughter of duke of William V of Aquitaine. They had a son Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and a daughter, Judith of Swabia.
In 1046 Henry held royal/imperial courts at MerseburgMerseburg is a city in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It had a diocese founded by archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg. Thietmar of Merseburg became the first archbishop of the newly created bishopric of Prague in Bohemia, appointed in 973. and Meissen, where he ended the strife between the Dux Bomeraniorum, the duke Bratislaw of Bohemia and Casimir I of Poland. This is one of the earliest, or perhaps the earliest, recording of the name of PomeraniaPomerania ( Polish: Pomorze German: Pommern and Pommerellen Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pomorze and Pomorsk Latin: Pomerania Pomorania is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on.
Henry's reign as emperor was marked by his attempts to reform the ChurchThe Roman Catholic Church (often called simply the Catholic Church, but see Catholicism for other meanings of the term "Catholic Church") is a worldwide body of Christians in full communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, and subscribing to the beliefs, but also by his use of lay investiture to further his religious and political goals. This policy was continued by his son and successor, Henry IV, and eventually lead to the imperial-papal conflict known as the Investiture ControversyThe Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between secular and religious authorities in medieval Europe. It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope concerning who would control ap.
| Preceded by: Conrad II | King of GermanyThe following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. Notes The relationship between the title of "king" and "emperor" in the area that is today called Germany is just as irritating and complicated as the history Also Holy Roman Emperor | Succeeded by: Henry IV |
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Preceded by: | Duke of Swabia |
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| Preceded by: Henry V | Duke of Bavaria | Succeeded by: Henry VII |