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Henry IV

Holy Roman Emperor who faced the Great Saxon Revolt

Did you know?To lift a papal excommunication, he spent three days kneeling in the snow outside a castle in Canossa to beg for forgiveness.

Henry IV (German: Heinrich IV; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105), King of Germany (1054–1105), and King of Italy and Burgundy (1056–1105). A Salian ruler, he was the son of Henry III and Agnes of Poitou.

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