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Henry I, having effected Germany's transition from …
Years: 936 - 936
Henry I, having effected Germany's transition from a group of tribal duchies into an autonomous kingdom, and in the midst of planning an Italian expedition, dies from the effects of a cerebral stroke on July 2, 936, at his palace, the Kaiserpfalz in Memleben, and is buried at Quedlinburg Abbey.
At the time of his death, all of the various German tribes are united in a single realm.
His son, Otto, becomes king, inheriting a state centered primarily on the duchies of Saxony and Franconia.
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People
- Arnulf the Bad
- Eberhard of Franconia
- Gilbert
- Henry the Fowler
- Herman I
- Hermann Billung
- Otto I
- Wichmann the Elder
- Æthelstan
Groups
- Saxons
- Polabian Slavs (West Slavs)
- Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs)
- Obotrites (Slavic tribal confederation)
- Saxony, Duchy of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
- Lotharingia, Duchy of
- Franconia, Duchy of
- Bavaria, Luitpolding Duchy of
- Swabia, Duchy of
- England, (Anglo-Saxon) Kingdom of
- Billung March
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Years: 936 - 936
Locations
People
- Arnulf the Bad
- Eberhard of Franconia
- Gilbert
- Henry the Fowler
- Herman I
- Hermann Billung
- Otto I
- Wichmann the Elder
- Æthelstan
Groups
- Saxons
- Polabian Slavs (West Slavs)
- Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs)
- Obotrites (Slavic tribal confederation)
- Saxony, Duchy of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
- Lotharingia, Duchy of
- Franconia, Duchy of
- Bavaria, Luitpolding Duchy of
- Swabia, Duchy of
- England, (Anglo-Saxon) Kingdom of
- Billung March
Subjects
Regions
Subregions