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Family Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony,[2] and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg,[2] daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry's son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar's legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda,[2] daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024. Henry had two wives and at least six children: With Hatheburg:[2] Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda:[2] Hedwig (910–965)[2] – wife of West Francia's powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia Otto I (912–973)[2] – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex Gerberga (913–984)[2] – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria[12] Bruno (925–965)[2] – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia.

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Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony,[2] and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg,[2] daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry's son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar's legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda,[2] daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized.

As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024.

Henry had two wives and at least six children:

With Hatheburg:[2]
Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938
With Matilda:[2]
Hedwig (910–965)[2] – wife of West Francia's powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia
Otto I (912–973)[2] – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex
Gerberga (913–984)[2] – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France
Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria[12]
Bruno (925–965)[2] – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia.