Henry III (
29 October 1017 –
5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the
Salian Dynasty of
Holy Roman Emperors. He was the eldest son of
Conrad II of Germany and
Gisela of Swabia and his father made him
duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI) in 1026, after the death of
Duke Henry V. Then, on
Easter Day 1028, his father having been crowned Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was elected and crowned
King of Germany in the
cathedral of
Aachen by
Pilgrim, Archbishop of Cologne. After the death of
Herman IV, Duke of Swabia in 1038, his father gave him that duchy (as Henry I) as well as the
kingdom of Burgundy, which Conrad had inherited in 1033. Upon the death of his father on
June 4, 1039, he became sole ruler of the kingdom and was crowned emperor by
Pope Clement II in
Rome (1046).
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