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History of Germany
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Bavaria
Succeeds as King of
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1009
Succession
1050
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Henry
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1056
Minority Henry IV
Minority
lasts from
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1066
1056
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Succeeds as Holy Roman
Emperor
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y,
1056
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1066
Minority Henry IV
End of
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1073
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1073
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IV being notified, conflict is inevitable
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Saxony
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1076
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1076
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1076
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Saxony
Saxony
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Henry
IV to rise up again against the
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1077
Absolution of Henry IV
27th Jan Canossa
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IV gains absolution from Pope
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1080
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Vatican
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1084
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1084
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Clement
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1084
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Clement
III
1091
Capture of Mantua
Mantua
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Mantua
1105
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Dethroned by his younger son
Henry
1105
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Arrested by his younger son
Henry
but escapes
1106
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Death
of
Henry
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