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Henry II

Henry II or Saint Henry, was King of East Francia from 1002 (Regnum Teutonicorum) and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1014 to 1024. As the son of the Bavarian duke, Henry II ("Henry the Wrangler"), and his wife, Gisela, he was the great grandson of Henry I and was thus descended from the Bavarian collateral line of the Ottonians. After he was crowned King of East Francia on 9 July 1002, Pope Benedict VIII crowned him Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on 14 February 1014. Henry II was the last of the Ottonian emperors. Pope Eugene III canonised him in 1146.

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