Fun Facts About Henry the Lion
5 Fun Facts About Henry the Lion 1. Henry the Lion was born in 1129 in Ravensburg, Southern Germany. He is famed for founding the city of Munich, now Germany's 3rd largest city, and for being called Henry the Lion. Not many know why Henry was called Henry The Lion, but there's a lion somewhere in Africa who is really miffed at not having a head or skin. 2. Henry was one of the most powerful German princes back in the day. Until a rival dynasty, the Hohenstaufen (yep, say that five times after five pints of strong beer) took over and stripped him ... of his titles and dukedoms of Bavaria and Saxony, not of his clothes. Bunch of perverts. 3. Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and a Duke of Saxony . He was also Henry III and Duke of Bavaria from 1142. He then skipped a few numbers, because counting wasn't a skill he learned at school, and became Henry XII from 1156. 4. Henry the Lion married Matilda, daughter o...