| Henry I Of Bavaria |
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He was the second son of the German King Henry The Fowler and his wife Matilda . He attempted a revolt against his older brother Otto I in 938 in alliance with Eberhard Of Franconia and Giselbert Of Lorraine , believing he had a claim on the throne. In 939 he was defeated at Birten and forced to leave Germany . He fled to the court of Louis IV Of France , but returned after he and Otto were reconciled, and awarded the Duchy of Lorraine . However, he could not assert his authority in Lorraine, and as a result he was stripped of his position. He plotted to assassinate Otto in Easter 941 in Quedlinburg , but was discovered and put in captivity in Ingelheim , being released after doing penance at Christmas of that year. In 948 he acquired the Dukedom of Bavaria through his marriage to the Bavarian noblewoman Judith . He first defended, and then enlarged his Duchy in wars with Hungary , and through the acquisition of Friuli in Italy . As matchmaker for his brother he brought Queen Adelaide to Pavia in 951 . In 953 – 954 he put down a revolt by Ludolf and Conrad Of Lorraine , and died in 955 in the monastery of Pöhlde . He was laid to rest in the Niedermünster in Regensburg , where his wife Judith is also buried. |