Henry of Franconia
Henry I (860 testifies; † August 28 886 before Paris ), from the family of Frankish Babenberg, was the elder son of Count Poppo in Saalgau, Margrave of Friesland.
Like his father Heinrich was a declared opponent of King Louis the German ( 840-876 ), and was involved in the conspiracy against Louis, the uncoordinated made from the year 861 in the eastern Franconia and Bavaria uproar that the king his opponents could be subjected successively.
In the year 866 he was the princeps militiae part of King Ludwig III. the Younger, under Charles III. the thicknesses as its top commander temporarily marchio francorum and dux Austrasiorum.
. A year later, in 886, back in action against the Normans, this time in Neustria as dortiger military commander Charles III, he fell at the siege of Paris by the Normans, who he should pick up in an ambush: Henry's horse fell during a reconnaissance mission, he had started from the royal palace Quierzy on the Oise, killed in a Norman pitfall and was in the pit of hidden near lurking Normans.
Henry was the father of three died in the Babenberg feud brothers:
- Adalbert, executed June 9 906 Count 888
- Adalhard, executed 902 Count 888
- Henry, † 902/903, 888 Count
He also had a daughter, Hadui (ch), † December 24 903; since about 869/870 November with Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, † 30 912 ( Liudolfinger ) was married. Thus, the princeps militiae Henry was the grandfather of the German King Henry I and the one who brought in the name of Heinrich actually robertinischen in the East Frankish nobility. As the wife of Henry the daughter of Eberhard of Friuli is discussed in the research Ingeltrud.
Henry was buried in the monastery of St. Medard at Soissons.