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Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

1050 - 1106

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Henry IV (German: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054. He was the son of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor—the second monarch of the Salian dynasty—and Agnes of Poitou. After his father's death on 5 October 1056, Henry was placed under his mother's guardianship. She made grants to German aristocrats to secure their support. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is the 349th most popular politician (down from 341st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Germany (up from 94th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Politician.

Henry IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1056 to 1106. He is most famous for being the father of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 349 out of 19,576. Before him are Probus, Martin Bormann, Odoacer, Vajiralongkorn, Nicholas I of Russia, and Theodore Roosevelt. After him are Mahmud of Ghazni, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Empress Dowager Cixi, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Lycurgus of Sparta, and Alexander I of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Hassan-i Sabbah, Pope Paschal II, Michael VII Doukas, Olaf I of Denmark, Peter the Hermit, Roscellinus, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Olaf III of Norway, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Halsten Stenkilsson, and Walter Sans Avoir. Among people deceased in 1106, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Nestor the Chronicler, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, Benno, Minamoto no Yoshiie, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 84 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Mommsen (1817), Helmut Kohl (1930), Emil Fischer (1852), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), and Martin Bormann (1900). After him are Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erich von Manstein (1887), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), and Bruce Willis (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 20. Before him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Helmut Kohl (1930), and Martin Bormann (1900). After him are Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Charles the Bald (823), Klemens von Metternich (1773), and Rudolf Höss (1901).

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