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

Created by J. Vadnal, Date 11/97, revised MAS