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Henry the Fowler

King of Germany (formally King of East Francia)
Years: 876 - 936

Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler; Latin: Henricius Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) is the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of Germany from 919 until his death.

First of the Ottonian Dynasty of German kings and emperors, he is generally considered to be the founder and first king of the medieval German state, known until this time as East Francia.

An avid hunter, he obtains the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.