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Source: Heinrich I "The Fowler" of Germany (876-936), Find a Grave

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Titre	Heinrich I "The Fowler" of Germany (876-936), Find a Grave

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Heinrich I “The Fowler” of Germany BIRTH c.876 DEATH c.2 Jul 936 (aged 59–60) BURIAL Stiftskirche Saint Servatius Quedlinburg, Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany MEMORIAL ID 14938819 He was born around 876 as the eldest son of Duke Otto of Saxony and Hadwig of Babenberg. He married Hatheburg von Merseburg in 906 and had a son with her, but they where divorced again three years later because he had found a woman whose family was wealthier than hers. Heinrich kept her dowry and she was sent to a monastery where she became abbess. In 909 he married Mathilde von Ringelheim, who bore him five children. The legend says he was catching birds when the crown was given to him, thus his german nickname became "Vogelfänger" (bird-catcher). In May 919, during the Reichstag of Fritzlar, he was elected King of the Germans. From Erfurt he traveled to Memleben where he suffered a second stroke and died. He was buried in the monastery his wife established in the same year in Quedlinburg. She survived him by thirty years and was buried beside him. His grave didn't survive the centuries, while those of his wife and granddaughter did. Links to parents, spouse & some children

Heinrich I “The Fowler” of Germany
BIRTH c.876
DEATH c.2 Jul 936 (aged 59–60)
BURIAL Stiftskirche Saint Servatius
Quedlinburg, Landkreis Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
MEMORIAL ID 14938819
He was born around 876 as the eldest son of Duke Otto of Saxony and Hadwig of Babenberg. He married Hatheburg von Merseburg in 906 and had a son with her, but they where divorced again three years later because he had found a woman whose family was wealthier than hers. Heinrich kept her dowry and she was sent to a monastery where she became abbess. In 909 he married Mathilde von Ringelheim, who bore him five children. The legend says he was catching birds when the crown was given to him, thus his german nickname became "Vogelfänger" (bird-catcher). In May 919, during the Reichstag of Fritzlar, he was elected King of the Germans. From Erfurt he traveled to Memleben where he suffered a second stroke and died. He was buried in the monastery his wife established in the same year in Quedlinburg. She survived him by thirty years and was buried beside him. His grave didn't survive the centuries, while those of his wife and granddaughter did. Links to parents, spouse & some children