biography
| name: |
Heinrich II
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also known as Sankt Heinrich
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pronunciation:
[hiynrikh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (973–1024)
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| biography:
| King of Germany (1002) and Holy Roman Emperor, crowned in Rome (1014). He supported the Church and thus secured his power as king. In 1007 he founded the bishopric of Bamberg and was canonized in 1146. |
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