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Henry the Lion (Heinrich der Lowe)

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The Resume

    (1129-August 6, 1195)
    Duke of Saxony (1142-1180)
    Duke of Bavaria (1156-1180)

Why he might be annoying:

    His power was handed to him on a silver-plater through inheritance from his grandparents.
    He was a pain in the ass to his cousin Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
    He refused to aid his cousin in invading Lombardy, despite being promised the city of Goslar (1175).
    For his insubordination, he was slapped with a lawsuit and was condemned by the other princes who resented his power and holdings.
    He lost most of his principality and was later exiled from the Empire by his cousin.
    In his last years, he tried to regain his lands and power, but mostly failed in the end.
    When the Nazis exhumed his corpse, they were disappointed that they found that he was a small man with black hair and not the tall, blonde-haired knight in shining armor depicted in Church art (see picture).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the most powerful Prince in the Holy Roman Empire.
    He founded the cities of Munich, Stade, Lüneburg, Braunschweig (Brunswick), and Lübeck.
    He erected a bronze statue of a lion in his courtyard at Brunswick (It is placed next to the Brunswick Cathedral).
    He was brave (and perhaps arrogantly stupid) in challenging the authority of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Credit: Jeff


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 134 Votes: 47.01% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 103 Votes: 55.34% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 95 Votes: 50.53% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 163 Votes: 53.37% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 104 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 132 Votes: 59.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 74.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 56.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 171 Votes: 67.25% Annoying