Henry I, Duke of Bavaria

Henry I (919/921–955), second son of Henry the Fowler and younger brother of Otto the Great, twice rebelled against the king. Wounded at Birten in 939, he reconciled with Otto and received Lotharingia in 940. He plotted to kill Otto at Quedlinburg in 941 and was pardoned after imprisonment.

In 948 Otto enfeoffed him with Bavaria, where he married Judith. He fought the Magyars, joined the 951 Italian campaign and crushed his nephew Liudolf's revolt. He died at Pöhlde on 1 November 955, leaving a son, Henry the Wrangler.