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Henry the Lion's Rule of Saxony

Type Event Region Europe Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, reached the height of power, rebuilding Lübeck, expanding Munich, and conquering Pomerania a…

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  1. 1161–1167Pomerania · PomeraniaHenry the Lion led armies to conquer Pomerania and Mecklenburg, pushing Saxon power to the Baltic coast and laying the foundation for control of Northern European trade routes.
  2. 1163–1168Lübeck · Schleswig-HolsteinHenry the Lion rebuilt Lübeck and granted the city privileges, quickly making it a Baltic trade center and laying the foundation for its later status as a core city of the Hanseatic League.
  3. 1165–1170Within the Holy Roman Empire · GermanyHenry the Lion at times supported Emperor Frederick I in matters such as the Italian expeditions, but the two grew increasingly tense over the scale of his territories, succession arrangements, and competition for dominance in northern Germany; rifts had appeared by the late 1160s.

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