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
Cunigunde of Luxembourg
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Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB, also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Henry II.
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
…canonized by Pope Eugene III in 1146. He is the only medieval German monarch ever to have been honoured as a saint. Henry II's wife 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…
Saint Cunigunda; painting by the Master of Meßkirch, c.1535/40, housed at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
Crown of the Empress Cunigunde
Emperor Henry II and Empress Cunigunde's tomb by Tilman Riemenschneider.
After being accused of adultery Cunigunde proved her innocence by walking over red-hot ploughshares.