Episode 100 – The Saxon War (Take II)
The conflict between Saxons and the empire is now hitting the hot stage, resulting in a rebellion that precedes Henry IV in Canossa.
Episode 62 – The Fall of Henry the Lion
1181 the most powerful vassal of Frederick Barbarossa, his cousin Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria falls. Who pushed him and why?
Episode 44 – A Saxon Emperor
Lothar III takes the reins of the kingdom but soon finds opposition from the Hohenstaufen brothers
Episode 27 – Peace in Our Time
Henry’s rule is not without tension. The dukes of Saxony and Lothringia are moving into opposition to the king and emperor falls severely ill in 1045.
Otto von Northeim (1020-1083)
Otto was born into a family of Saxon magnates with possessions in the Harz mountains. He was one of the most accomplished military and political leaders in Germany during the reign of Henry IV. The Empress Agnes made him duke of Bavaria in 1061 to lead a campaign into Hungary. A mere 12 months later […]
Episode 31 – The (second) Saxon War
King Henry IV embarks on his ambitious castle building project around Goslar, Otto of Northeim delivers a rousing speech, Saxons rebel, royal bones are thrown in the rubbish, brother fights brother…and more!