Henry IV
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Other names: Heinrich IV
Job / Known for: Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany
Left traces: The Investiture Controversy and the Walk to Canoss
Born
Date: 1050-04-11
Location: DE Goslar, Saxony, Germany
Died
Date: 1106-08-07 (aged 56)
Resting place: BE
Death Cause: Illness
Family
Spouse: Bertha of Savoy and Eupraxia of Kiev¹
Children: Agnes, Conrad II, Henry V¹
Parent(s): Henry III and Agnes of Poitou¹
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Henry IV was the son of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and Agnes of Poitou. He became the duke of Bavaria in 1055 and the king of Germany in 1056. He was crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor in 1084 by the antipope Clement III, after a long conflict with Pope Gregory VII over the issue of lay investiture. Henry IV was excommunicated twice by Gregory VII and had to make a humiliating journey to Canossa in 1077 to beg for the pope's forgiveness. He also faced several rebellions from the German nobles and his own son, Henry V, who eventually deposed him in 1105. Henry IV died in Liège in 1106 and was buried in Speyer Cathedral. He is remembered as one of the most controversial and influential rulers of the medieval Germany and Italy.¹
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