Germany: Watercolour painting of Henry V (1081 / 1086 - 1125), 19th Holy Roman emperor, visiting his father, Henry IV in prison, c. 1450

Henry V (1081/1086-1125) was the son of Emperor Henry IV, and in 1099 was crowned King of Germany and his true successor in place of his older brother Conrad, who had rebelled against their father. Henry took an oath of non-interference in imperial matters while his father ruled, but he was persuaded by his father's enemies to revolt in 1104, forcing his father to abdicate in 1105 and making Henry sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

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