Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry III (1016–1056), the Salian emperor called the Pious, was the eldest son of Conrad II, who made him Duke of Bavaria in 1027 and had him elected co-king in 1028. He inherited Swabia and Burgundy in 1038 and succeeded his father as king in 1039.

At Sutri in 1046 he ended the papal schism by deposing three rival popes and was crowned in Rome by his nominee Clement II. He defeated a rebellion in Lorraine, but died at Bodfeld on 5 October 1056, leaving the crown to his five-year-old son Henry IV.