Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Henry II, also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024 and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, He
Henry II as depicted in the Regensburg Sacramentary
St. Henry and Cunigunde, as depicted in 15th century
12th-century stained glass depiction of Henry II, Strasbourg Cathedral
Emperor Henry II, from the Manuscript of St. Gregory's Moralia in Job, Bamberg State Library
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder and Conrad the Salic, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reign
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
…was the equally pious Empress Cunigunde, who was canonized in 1200 by Pope Innocent III. As the union produced no children, the German nobles elected Conrad II, a great-great-grandson of Emperor Otto I, to succeed him after he died in 1024. Conrad was the first of the Salian dynasty of emperors. Henry was born…
Miniature depiction, c. 1130
Mother Adelaide of Metz (b,l), 1037 foundation of the Öhringen Convent of canons
Speyer Cathedral, consecrated in 1061
Following his expedition into Italy in early 1026, Conrad II was crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of the Lombards.