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Henry the Lion, also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria, was a member of the Welf dynasty.
Depiction in the Gospels of Henry the Lion
Contemporary depiction of Henry the Lion from the Historia Welforum
Henry's duchies Saxony and Bavaria
The now-secularised St Peter's Church at Petersberg Citadel, Erfurt, where Henry the Lion submitted to Barbarossa in 1181
Matilda of England was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
Henry the Lion
…Barbarossa, who did not cherish Guelphish possessions in his home area and offered Henry several fortresses in Saxony in exchange. In 1168, Henry married Matilda (1156–1189), the daughter of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, and sister of King Richard I of England. Henry faithfully…
Matilda depicted at her wedding in the Gospels of Henry the Lion
Coronation of Henry the Lion and Matilda, from the Gospels of Henry the Lion (c. 1188)
Head of a funerary statue of Matilda in Brunswick Cathedral