HA&A 0240: Medieval Artistic Patronage
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony
Prof. Alison Stones
LIFE OF HENRY THE LION, DUKE OF SAXONY

- 1129-1195
- Parents: Father- Henry the Proud, Mother-
Gertrude
- c. 1150 founding of the city of Braunschweig
- 1166 bronze lion erected
- Married: February 1, 1168 to Mathilda
(1156-1189), daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine
- 1172-73 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
- 1173 rebuilding of Braunschweig Cathedral
- 1180-1185 exiled by Emperor Frederick
Barbarossa to the court of Henry II of England
- 1182 Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
- 1188 Dedication of the Virgin Mary altar in the
Cathedral of St Blaise
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Created by J. Vadnal, Date 11/97, revised MAS