Henry XII, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (The Lion)

The number to the left of each child (e.g. "+4") indicates the total number of children for that person.

Family Name:	Welf	Given Names:	Henry
Known As:	The Lion
Titles:	Duke of Saxony (1142 - 1180)
	Duke of Bavaria (1156 - 1180)
Born:	1129 Ravensburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany	Died:	6 Aug 1195 Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany (Age 67, Natural Causes)
	English/Scottish Royal Blood: 0%   [?]	Buried:	Brunswick Cathedral, Lower Saxony, Germany
Marriage:	Clementia of Zahringen (dau. of Conrad I, Duke of Zahringen)		? - About 1174
	Date: About 1150	His Age: 21	Her Age: Unknown
	Place:  Unknown place
	Divorced: 1162
	Offspring:
+0	Gertrude of Saxony (daughter of Henry XII 'The Lion')		About 1154 - 1 Jul 1197
	(2 others not in database)
Marriage:	Matilda Plantagenet (daughter of King Henry II)		1156 - 28 Jun 1189
	Date: 1 Feb 1168	His Age: 39	Her Age: 12
	Place:  Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
	Offspring:
+0	Matilda (daughter of Henry The Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria)		1172 - 1210
+0	Henry Welf, Count Palatine of the Rhine		About 1173 - 28 Apr 1227
+0	Lothar (son of Henry The Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria)		About 1175 - 15 Oct 1190
+0	Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor		About 1177 - 19 Jun 1218
+1	William, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg		11 Apr 1184 - 13 Dec 1213
Events:	Deposition from throne	1180	Unknown place
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Notes:
Henry was the son of Henry the Proud, duke of Saxony, and Gertrude, the only daughter of Lothair the Saxon.
In 1172, Henry made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, returning the next year.
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa twice forced Henry into exile, in 1182 and 1189. Henry spent much of the time during his exiles in England.
Henry and Matilda are direct ancestors of the House of Hanover, which became the royal house of England in 1714.
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