Collateral blood relative

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Also recorded as Heinrich IV. · Henry IV of Germany

King of Germany and of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105; son of the Emperor Henry III and Agnes of Poitou, husband of Bertha of Savoy and father of Agnes of Waiblingen, through whom this descent passes into Swabia, Lorraine and Bauffremont.

Dates: 11 November 1050 to 7 August 1106
Titles and offices: King of Germany
King of Italy
Holy Roman Emperor (1084 to 1105)
House or family: Salian
Father: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother: Agnes of Poitou
Spouse: Bertha of Savoy
Children in this pedigree: Agnes of WaiblingenCollateral
Relationship to Brandon: Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
Evidence status: Published Genealogy

Collateral blood relative. Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.

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Paternal line

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Maternal line

Agnes of Poitou

All 45 recorded ancestors of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor28 October 1016 to 5 October 1056
Agnes of Poitouc. 1025 to 14 December 1077
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperorc. 990 to 4 June 1039
Gisela of Swabia11 November 989 or 990 to 15 February 1043
William V, Duke of Aquitaine969 to 31 January 1030
Agnes of Burgundyc. 995 to 10 November 1068
Henry of Speyerc. 970 to before 1000
Adelaide of Metzc. 970 to c. 1039
Hermann II, Duke of SwabiaDied 4 May 1003
Gerberga of Burgundyc. 965 to 7 July 1019
Otto-William, Count of Burgundyc. 962 to 21 September 1026
Otto I, Duke of Carinthiac. 948 to 4 November 1004
Conrad I, King of Burgundyc. 925 to 19 October 993
Matilda of France943 to 26 November 981 or 992
Adalbert II, King of Italyc. 936 to 30 April 971
Conrad the Red, Duke of Lorrainec. 922 to 10 August 955
Liutgarde of Saxony931 to 18 November 953
Louis IV, King of West Francia10 September 920 or 921 to 10 September 954
Gerberga of Saxonyc. 913 to 5 May 984
Berengar II, King of Italyc. 900 to 6 August 966
Willa of Tuscanyc. 912 to after 966
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor23 November 912 to 7 May 973
Edith of Englandc. 910 to 26 January 946
Charles III, King of West Francia17 September 879 to 7 October 929
Eadgifu of Wessexc. 902 to after 951
Henry the Fowlerc. 876 to 2 July 936
Matilda of Ringelheimc. 895 to 14 March 968
Edward the Elderc. 874 to 17 July 924
ÆlfflædDied after 920
Louis II, King of West Francia1 November 846 to 10 April 879
Otto I, Duke of Saxonyc. 851 to 30 November 912
HedwigaDied 24 December 903
Dietrich, Count in WestphaliaDied 917
Alfred the Greatc. 849 to 26 October 899
EalhswithDied 5 December 902
Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor13 June 823 to 6 October 877
Ermentrude of Orléans27 September 823 to 6 October 869
Liudolf, Duke of Saxonyc. 805 to 11 or 12 March 866
Odac. 806 to 17 May 913
Æthelwulf, King of WessexDied 13 January 858
Louis the Pious16 April 778 to 20 June 840
Judith of Bavaria, Empressc. 797 to 19 April 843
Ecgberht, King of WessexDied 839
Charlemagne2 April 747 or 748 to 28 January 814
Hildegard of the Vinzgauc. 754 to 30 April 783

Further references

Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Volume I.1, Tafeln 10 to 12 (Salian, Ottonian and Carolingian houses)
Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon (contemporary record, 1012 to 1018)