Heinrich Liudolfing, King of Germany

876 - 936  (60 years)

• Name	Heinrich Liudolfing
  Title	King of Germany
  Birth	876	Saxony, Sachsen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jul 936	Sachsen, Germany
  Person ID	I9684	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Otto Liudolfing, Duke of Saxony ,   b. Abt 836, Sachsen, Germany d. 30 Nov 912, Sachsen, Germany (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hedwig Bayern,   b. Aft 850, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 24 Dec 903, Sachsen, Germany (Age < 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	873
  Family ID	F5205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Von Ringelheim, First Ottoman Queen of Germany ,   b. Abt 892, Sachsen, Germany d. 14 Mar 968, Sachsen, Germany (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	909	Hannover, Germany
  Children	+ 1. Hedwig Von Sachsen,   b. Abt 910, Saxony, Sachsen, Germany d. 14 Mar 964, Aix-La-Chapelle, France (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Gerberga Von Sachsen, Queen of France ,   b. 10 Jun 914, Russia d. 5 May 984, Champagne, France (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; L a t i n : H enricus Auceps) (c. 876 - 2 July 936[2]) was the Duke of Saxony f r o m 9 1 2 [2] and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936 . A s t h e f i rst non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ot to ni a n d y nasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to b e t h e f o u nder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Fr an c i a . A n avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he w a s a l l e gedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform h i m t h a t h e was to be king. He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I o f S a x o n y died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a r e b e l l ion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over th e r i g h t s to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and o n h i s d e a thbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, consi de r i n g t he duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the f a c e o f i n ternal revolts and external Magyar raids.