the ledger of connections
The Connections of Henry the Lion
Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII (1129-1195) Every person recorded alongside Henry the Lion in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Henry the Lion in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Henry X, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
- Spouses
- Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, Clementia of Zähringen
- Children
- Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, William of Luneburg, Gertrude of Bavaria, Matilda of Saxony, Maud von Braunschweig, Rixa von Sachsen, Eleanor von Sachsen, Ingibiorg von Sachsen, Lothaire von Sachsen, son von Sachsen
- Siblings
- Richardis of Babenberg
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1129 to 1195.
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Maimonides
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
Medieval era
Averroes
April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)