Henry the Fowler

Henry I, called the Fowler (c. 876–936), Duke of Saxony from 912, became the first non-Frankish king of East Francia in 919, elected at Conrad I's dying wish. He subdued Bavaria and Swabia and recovered Lotharingia in 925.

Buying a truce from the Magyars in 924, he built fortresses and cavalry that crushed them at the Riade in 933. He took Brandenburg from the Slavs in 929 and conquered Schleswig in 934. He died at Memleben on 2 July 936 and was buried at Quedlinburg; his son Otto the Great succeeded him.