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Henry I
919-936 - Gained his epithet because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.

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German Kings

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1054-1105 - His reign was marked by the Investiture Controversy with the Papacy and several civil wars with pretenders to his throne in Italy and Germany.

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Alarmed at the prospect of Strongbow forming his own independent kingdom in Leinster the English king Henry II leads an army to Waterford. Strongbow submits to the king and is rewarded by being made Lord of Leinster.

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Irish History

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