Henry V (died 12 October 1161), of the House of Spanheim, was the margrave of Verona from 1144 until 1151 and the duke of Carinthia from 1144 to his death.[1] According to the contemporary chronicler Otto of Freising, Henry was "a valiant man, experienced in the councils of war" (fortem et exercitatum in bellicis consiliis virum).[1][2]
In 1151 another uncle, Hermann III of Baden, was invested with the march of Verona, which had been held by the dukes of Carinthia since 976. Henry is not known to have objected to the loss of this large territory in northern Italy.[1] In 1158 Bishop Roman I of Gurk granted the bailiwick (secular protection) of his diocese to Henry,[1] but this was a small gain for a prince whose territory was dominated by estates with non-resident lords both ecclesiastical and secular.[3] Henry took part in the wars of the Emperor Frederick I in northern Italy in 1154–55 and 1158–60.[1] Otto of Freising lists him among the most distinguished who returned home with the emperor's permission in mid-1155.[4] Otto's continuator, Rahewin, reports that during the 1158 campaign, Henry and Duke Henry II of Austria were given command of the Hungarian contingent of 600 archers, with their "counts and barons", which marched through the Val Canale into the march of Verona, the route known as the via Canalis.[5][6]
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Moro, Gotbert (1969). "Heinrich V.". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Vol.8. p.361.
Otto; Rahewin (1966). The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa (2nded.). New York: W.W. Norton.
Further reading
Hausmann, Friedrich. "Die Grafen zu Ortenburg und ihre Vorfahren im Mannesstamm, die Spanheimer in Kärnten, Sachsen und Bayern, sowie deren Nebenlinien". Ostbairische Grenzmarken – Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte Kunst und Volkskunde36 (1994): 9–62.
Ortenburg-Tambach, Eberhard Graf zu. Geschichte des reichsständischen, herzoglichen und gräflichen Gesamthauses Ortenburg, vol. 1: Das herzogliche Haus in Kärnten. Vilshofen, 1931.
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