Marriage and Issue
Henry was married three times:
In 1306, he married Anna Přemyslovna (1290–1313). This marriage produced no children.
In 1313, he wed Adelaide of Brunswick (1285–1320), daughter of the Welf duke Henry I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. This marriage produced two daughters:
- Adelaide (1317–25 May 1325).
- Margaret "Maultasch" (1318–3 October 1369, Vienna), Countess of Tyrol from 1335 to 1363.
In 1327, he married Beatrice (1310–1331), daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy. This marriage produced no children.
Henry also reconciled with the House of Luxembourg and in 1330 married his daughter Margaret off to King John's son John Henry. Since he was the last male heir of the Tyrolean Meinhardiner dynasty, he attempted to maintain their possessions, but ultimately failed. Even though Emperor Louis IV, in return for Henry's mediation in the dispute with Frederick the Fair, had assured him in 1330 that his daughter could succeed him, Louis reneged on his promise in a secret treaty with the House of Habsburg in the same year. After Henry's death in 1335, the Austrian duke Albert II of Habsburg and his brother Otto IV the Merry took control of Carinthia and Carniola. Henry's daughter Margaret could only succeed him in Tyrol, but in 1363 had to bequeath her land to Albert's II son Rudolf IV of Habsburg as well.
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