Three days in the snow at Canossa
Excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII, Henry IV crossed the Alps in winter and waited at the gate of Canossa Castle in January 1077 in a hair-shirt, allegedly barefoot, for three days, until the pope lifted the ban.
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Henry IV
1050–1106 · Salians
Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105. Born at Imperial Palace of Goslar. Died at Liège.
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Reigned
| 1084–1106 | Holy Roman Emperor |
Also held: Duke of Bavaria
Family
- Father
- Henry III
- Mother
- Agnes of Poitou
- Married
- Bertha of Savoy 1066
Eupraxia of Kiev - Children (3)
- Agnes of Waiblingen 1072
Conrad II of Italy 1074
Henry V 1086 - Siblings (5)
- Beatrice I, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1037
Matilda of Swabia 1045
Adelaide II, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1045
Judith of Swabia 1047
Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria 1052
Related to
- Henry IV was the 8× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Henry IV was the 19× great-grandfather of Victoria.
- Henry IV was the 15× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.