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Henry (died
886), a son of Count
Poppo of Grapfeld, one of the first
Babenbergs, was variously known as
Count or Margrave of Saxony and
Duke of Franconia.
Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle, Babenberg, on the
River Main, around which the later city of
Bamberg was built. He enjoyed the favour of
Charles the Fat and was his right-hand man in Germany during his reign. He led a surprise strike on a force of
Vikings prior to the
Siege of Asselt, but it was unsuccessful. When, in
885, Charles summoned
Hugh, Duke of Alsace, and
Godfrey, Duke of Frisia, to a court at
Lobith, it was Henry who arrested them and had Godfrey executed and Hugh imprisoned on Charles' orders.
In
884, when Charles succeeded to the throne of
West Francia, he sent Henry there to hold the
March of Neustria against the
Vikings. In
886, he was sent to aid the
besieged of Paris. He didn't stay long but returned later that year with Charles. However, he died in a skirmish with the
Vikings while en route.
Family
Henry was probably married to Ingeltrude, daughter of
Eberhard of Friuli and Gisela, daughter of
Louis the Pious. A daughter of
Berengar I of Neustria, himself possibly a
Conradine, has been suggested as another possible wife. Marriage with the latter would have been made possible and perhaps advisable by Henry's new position in Neustria and his dealings with the Vikings. Henry had one known daughter:
It has also been suggested that Henry had a son, named either Henry or, on the basis of
onomastics,
Berengar after his grandfather. This Berengar had a daughter named Poppa, perhaps in honour of her great-grandfather, and married
Rollo of Normandy, thus continuing the Neustrian practice of buying peace with the Vikings (or alliance against them) through marriage (and its consequent exchanges of land).
Sources
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. "Poppa de Bayeux et sa famille." in Christian Settipani and Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval. 2000.
Guillotel, Hubert. "Une autre marche de Neustrie." in Christian Settipani and Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval. 2000.
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