Henry The Lion - Family

Family

Henry had the following known children:

• by his first wife, Clementia (divorced 1162), daughter of Conrad, Duke of Zähringen and Clemence of Namur:
  • Gertrude of Bavaria (1155–1197), married first Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and then King Canute VI of Denmark
  • Richenza (c. 1157 – 1167)
  • Henry, died young

• by his second wife, Matilda, daughter of King Henry II of England (married 1168):
  • Richenza (1172–1204), also called Matilda, married Godfrey, Count of Perche, and Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy
  • Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227)
  • Lothar of Bavaria (c. 1174–1190)
  • Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Duke of Swabia (c. 1175–1218)
  • William of Winchester (1184–1213)

Three other children are listed, by some sources, as having belonged to Henry and Matilda:

• Eleanor (born 1178); died young
• Ingibiorg (born 1180); died young
• Infant Son (b. & d. 1182)

• by his lover, Ida of Blieskastel:
  • Matilda, married Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg