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Henry III Henry III, between two abbots, miniature from his gospel, c. 1040; in the Universitätsbibliothek, Bremen, Ger. (Ms. b. 21)

Henry III

Holy Roman emperor
Also known as: Henry I, Henry VI
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Hanns Leo Mikoletzky
General Director, Austrian State Archives, Vienna. Professor of History, University of Vienna. Author of Kaiser Heinrich II und die Kirche and others.
Hanns Leo Mikoletzky
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Henry III (born Oct. 28, 1017—died Oct. 5, 1056, Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony [Germany]) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, 1027–41), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, 1038–45), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (1046–56), a member of the Salian dynasty. The last emperor able to dominate the papacy, he was a powerful advocate of the Cluniac reform movement that sought to purify the Western church. Henry was the son...

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