Heinrich II. (HRR) - Bamberg, BY-DE
N 49° 53.450 E 010° 52.987
32U E 635258 N 5528193
Statue of Emperor Heinrich II. and his consort Empress Kunigunde with St. Stephen at the left entrance to Bamberg Cathedral.
Waymark Code: WM13BGA
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 11/01/2020
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Henry II (German: Heinrich II; Italian: Enrico II) (6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B.,[a] was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, Henry became King of the Romans ("Rex Romanorum") following the sudden death of his second cousin, Emperor Otto III in 1002, was made King of Italy ("Rex Italiae") in 1004, and crowned emperor by Pope Benedict VIII in 1014.
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The statues at the "Adamspforte" are made of "Schilfsandstein" from unknown stonemasons educated at the cathedral building hut in Reims (France).