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- Lived only about 20 years
- Salian dynasty
Heinrich von Worms was born circa 975 to Otto von Worms (c948-1004) and Judith von Bayern (?-991) and died circa 995 of unspecified causes. He married Adelheid von Metz (c970-c1042) .
Biography
Henry of Speyer (German: Heinrich von Speyer, also Heinrich von Worms; a member of the Salian dynasty, was count in the Rhenish Franconian Wormsgau. He was the father of Emperor Conrad II. He is also known as Henry of Speyer, presumably because he was born there.
According to the 977 donation deed of Lambrecht Abbey, Henry was the eldest son of Count Otto von Worms (d. 1004), Duke of Carinthia from 978 to 983 and again from 995, and his wife Judith von Bayern (?-991).[1]
Little is known of Henry's life, since he died at around the age of 20, even predeceasing his father Otto. He is buried in Worms Cathedral along with his daughter Judith.
Marriage and Family
He married Adelheid von Metz (c970-c1042),[1] a sister of the Lotharingian counts Gerhard of the Mosel, Count of Metz and Adalbert, Count of the Saargau. The marriage produced a son, Conrad (c. 990 – 1039),[2] who was elected King of the Romans in 1024 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor three years later, and a daughter, Judith. Henry's younger brother Bruno was elected Pope Gregory V in 996, his brother Conrad I succeeded their father as Duke of Carinthia in 1004. Adelaide outlived her husband by many years; she secondly married another Franconian count, possibly from the Elder House of Babenberg (Popponids), and died in 1046.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Judith von Worms (c991-bef1034) | 991 | 1034 | |
| Konrad II von Worms (c990-1039) | 990 | 4 June 1039 Utrecht, Netherlands | Gisela von Schwaben (c989-1043) |
Siblings
See Also
- Heinrich Salian
- Frederick Barbarossa Family Ancestry
- House of Hohenstaufen
- Holy Roman Emporer
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Salian dynasty
Bibiography
- Wilson, Peter H. (2016). Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Harvard University Press.
- Wolfram, Herwig (2006). Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. The Pennsylvania State University Press.
- John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 122. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Henry of Speyer
- Henry of Speyer at thePeerage
- Henry of Speyer, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Henry-of-Speyer-Count-in-the-Wormsgau/4776106, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Ancestry of Kings of Germany, fmg.ac, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm, retrieved 22 June 2023
References
- ^ a b Wilson 2016, p. l.
- ^ Wolfram 2006, p. 18.