Nobility. Born the eldest child of Heinrich of Braunschweig and Agnes of Staufen. He grew up in England at the court of his grandmothers brother and returned 1211 to Braunschweig. His father renounced his rights as count palatine of the Rhine in 1212 and Heinrich succeeded. In the same year he married Mathilde de Brabant. Although he initially supported his uncle Otto IV he later changed sides and supported Friedrich II instead. After his early childless death, Otto IV transferred the Palatine dignity to Louis of Wittelsbach.
Nobility. Born the eldest child of Heinrich of Braunschweig and Agnes of Staufen. He grew up in England at the court of his grandmothers brother and returned 1211 to Braunschweig. His father renounced his rights as count palatine of the Rhine in 1212 and Heinrich succeeded. In the same year he married Mathilde de Brabant. Although he initially supported his uncle Otto IV he later changed sides and supported Friedrich II instead. After his early childless death, Otto IV transferred the Palatine dignity to Louis of Wittelsbach.
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