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unusual facts about Henry I, Duke of Burgundy


Henry of Burgundy

Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946 – 1002), sometimes called Eudes Henry or Odo Henry


Aimery III of Narbonne

Pressured by Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, and Hervé, Count of Nevers, the viscount of Narbonne bowed to a Papal command and assisted the crusaders with money, supplies and castles.

Beauté-sur-Marne

This manor, which gives its name to the commune of Neuilly-Plaisance, was held by his brother the Duke of Burgundy.

Bertram de Verdun

His parents are Norman de Verdun, son of Bertram II, and Lesceline de Clinton, daughter of Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain of king Henry I.

Butser Hill

As well as this, over 30 species of butterfly have been recorded, including populations of Duke of Burgundy and the Silver-spotted Skipper, making the area an important conservation area for many butterfly species.

Château de Caen

His son Henry I then built the Saint Georges church, a keep (1123) and a large hall for the Duke Court.

Claus Sluter

Sluter probably worked in Brussels before moving to the Burgundian capital of Dijon, where from 1385 to 1389 he was the assistant of Jean de Marville, Court Sculptor to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Coat of arms of Flanders

When the county of Flanders was inherited by the Dukes of Burgundy in 1405, the Flemish lion was placed on an escutcheon in their dynastic arms.

Counts and Dukes of Rethel

The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy.

Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein

After Gerhard I's death in 1290 his three younger sons partitioned Holstein-Itzehoe and Schaumburg into three branches, with Adolph VI the Elder, the third brother, getting Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg south of the Elbe, the second brother Gerhard II the Blind getting Holstein-Plön, and the fourth Henry I receiving Holstein-Rendsburg.

Dernbacher Feud

Landgrave Henry I built a castle at Eisemroth (the present-day administrative center of Siegbach) in 1307-1308 for protection against Nassau.

Duke of Burgundy

Robert, son of Robert II of France, received the Duchy as a peace settlement, having disputed the succession to the throne of France with his brother Henry.

Robert (1004–1016) (also king of France as Robert II)

Great Breach and Copley Woods

The notable Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) is of particular interest.

Gröningen Priory

The monastery was founded in 936 from Corvey Abbey, of which it was a priory, on initiative of Saxon Count Siegfried of Merseburg and his second wife Guthia (Jutta) upon the death of King Henry I.

Heaton, Newcastle

In the 12th century Heaton became part of the Barony of Ellingham granted by Henry I to Nicholas de Grenville.

Henri Bellechose

Bellechose was an artist who came from the South Netherlands to Dijon to work for the Dukes of Burgundy.

Henry Harriman

Henry I. Harriman, former president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1932 to 1935.

Henry I, Count of Anhalt

Before his death, Henry divided Anhalt between his sons: Henry inherited Aschersleben, Bernhard received Bernburg, and Siegfried took Zerbst.

Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg

He married in 1289 to Heilwig (1265 – after 1324), the daughter of Count Floris of Bronckhorst.

Henry I, Count of Schwerin

In the night from 6 to 7 May 1223, he abducted Valdemar II and his son Valdemar the Younger from the Danish island of Lyø, near Funen, where Valdemar was resting without his bodyguard, after he had been hunting.

Henry I, Duke of Brabant

# Ysabeau (Elizabeth) (d. October 23, 1272), married in Leuven March 19, 1233 Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken (c. 1214–1244), married 1246 Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg (d. 1255)

Henry I, Margrave of Austria

After taking the marches of Lusatia and Sorbian Meissen, and the cities of Budziszyn and Meissen in 1002, Bolesław I Chrobry refused to pay tribute to the Empire from the conquered territories.

Henry I. Kowalsky

Kowalsky sought out the friendship of the Belgian heir apparent, Prince Albert, during one of the Prince's trips to the United States.

Henry I. Miller

He is a strong proponent of DDT, arguing that its use should be revived in the United States to control mosquitoes.

Henry I. Patrie

Patrie was Manager of the Dolgeville Electric Light and Power Company from 1898 to 1905, and during this time was also appointed as Receiver of the Dolgeville Telephone Company and the Dolgeville Savings Building and Loan Association.

Hyde Abbey

In 1109 Henry I ordered the New Minster to be removed to the suburb of Hyde Mead, to the north of the city walls, just outside the gate; when the new abbey church of Hyde was consecrated in 1110, the bodies of Alfred, his wife Ealhswith, and his son Edward the Elder were carried in state through Winchester to be interred once more before the high altar.

Jacquemart de Hesdin

Hesdin, the town from which he took his name, was a fortified citadel in the Pas-de-Calais, then part of Flanders and a stronghold of the Dukes of Burgundy.

Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Reappointed Marshal, he entered in the service of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and became his councilor.

Jeanne Hachette

All that she is currently known for is an act of heroism on 27 June 1472, when she prevented the capture of Beauvais by the troops of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

John I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

He was the son of Duke Henry I "the Marvelous" of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife Agnes of Meissen, daughter of Margrave Albert II of Meissen.

Kruto

For decades, Magnus, Eric of Denmark, and the margraves of the Northern March (Udo II, Henry I, and Udo III) struggled to subdue Kruto, but only Eric came close.

Lances fournies

The last Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, made a number of ordinances prescribing the organisation of his forces in the 1460s and 1470s.

Les Clées

In 1232, Hugo IV, the Duke of Burgundy granted the district to Guillaume II, the Count of Geneva.

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118) Henry I's consort, who between 1110 and 1118 was responsible for the building of the series of bridges that carried the London-Colchester road across the River Lea and its side streams between Bow and Stratford.

Louis III, Cardinal of Guise

Louis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise (22 January 1575 – 21 June 1621, Saintes) was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.

March of Friuli

The conflict was settled at the 952 diet of Augsburg, where Berengar II was allowed to retain the royal title as a German vassal, but had to cede Friuli as the March of Verona to Duke Henry I of Bavaria, brother of King Otto I. On February 2, 962 Otto was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, deposed King Berengar II and had him arrested and exiled one year later.

Philip William, Prince of Orange

In 1596 in Fontainebleau, Philip William was married to Eleonora of Bourbon-Condé, daughter of Henry I, Prince de Condé, and cousin of King Henry IV of France, but he died in 1618 without any children.

Readeption of Henry VI

Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu deserted Edward IV when Warwick invaded in 1470, and when Edward realised he could not stand against Warwick's army, he fled to his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Rhys ap Thomas

The lands of the defeated Lancastrians were confiscated, and Thomas, with the young Rhys, went into exile at the court of Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy.

Richard de Luci

An early reference to the de Luci family refers to the render by Henry I of the Lordship of Dice, Norfolk to Richard de Luci, Governor of Falaise, Normandy, after defending it with great valour and heroic conduct when besieged by Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou.

Skelton and Brotton

The modern Skelton Castle incorporates part of the ancient stronghold of Robert de Brus who held it from Henry I.

St Giles, London

1120 as Hospitali Sancti Egidii extra Londonium was founded, together with a monastery and a chapel, by Queen Matilda, wife of Henry I.

The forty-five guards

After the Catholic League revolt in Paris, King Henry III was forced to flee to Blois, there, he staged a coup, regaining control of the Estates-General by employing the Forty-five to kill Henry I, Duke of Guise when he came to meet the king at the Château de Blois on 23 December 1588, and his brother, Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, the following day.

Thomas Rempston

In 1404-5 he was made a member of the privy council, and was recommended by parliament to Henry IV as one of those whose services merited special recognition; in the same year he was employed on a mission to the Duke of Burgundy.

Treaty of Nemours

Catherine hastened to Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, where on 13 July the treaty was signed between King Henry III of France and the leaders of the Catholic League, including Henri, duc de Guise.

Vincenzo Petrocelli

Among his mamy works are the Neofiti nelle Catacombe; Surprise by the Pretorian Guards; The body of Carlo il Temerario (Charles the Bold) found after the Battle of Nancy; The conspirators await Henry I, Duke of Guise; I Borbonici nel monastero delle monache Carmelitane in Catania; Le carezze al nonno; Il Consiglio dei tre; Maria Fallero, as well as a number of portraits.

WCVE-TV

Mrs. Franklin first approached Boushall and Henry I. Willett, then Superintendent of Richmond City Schools, with the idea of establishing an educational television station.

Zibellino

The earliest surviving mention of a marten pelt to be worn as neck ornament occurs in an inventory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, dated 1467, but the fashion was widespread in Northern Italy by the 1490s.


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