Henry of Germany III, Holy Roman Emperor

  General Notes:

Called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. He was the eldest son of Conrad II of Germany and Gisela of Swabia and his father made him duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI) in 1026, after the death of Duke Henry V.

On Easter Day 1028, his father having been crowned Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was elected and crowned King of Germany in the cathedral of Aachen by Pilgrim, Archbishop of Cologne.

After the death of Herman IV, Duke of Swabia in 1038, his father gave him that duchy (as Henry I) as well as the kingdom of Burgundy, which Conrad had inherited in 1033. Upon the death of his father on 4 June 1039, he became sole ruler of the kingdom and was crowned emperor by Pope Clement II in Rome (1046).

Henry married Agnes of Pointou, daughter of Duke William of Aquitaine V The Great and Agnes of Burgundy, on 21 Nov 1043 in Ingelheim, , RP, DEU. (Agnes of Pointou was born circa 1025 and died on 14 Dec 1077.)