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Also Known As Henry XII • Henry the Lion • Heinrich der Lowe
Born 1129 or 1130
Died August 6, 1195 • Braunschweig • Saxony
Founder Munich
House / Dynasty Welf Dynasty

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Henry III, detail of a sandstone figure from his tomb, 1227; in the Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick
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