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Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and wassucceeded by Henry. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt. Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Hedwiga. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg, 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, daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons and two daughters. In 1937, the king's remains were reinterred in a new sarcophagus.

Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and wassucceeded by Henry. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt. Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Hedwiga. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg, 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, daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons and two daughters. In 1937, the king's remains were reinterred in a new sarcophagus.