Another significant influence came from Wipo, who was a chaplain and court historian, employed by Conrad II. Later, Egilbert, bishop of Freising took over. Henry’s first tutor was Bruno, who was not only bishop of Augsburg but also brother to the last Ottonian emperor, Henry II. It is probably as part of this overall strategy that his son, Henry III, benefitted from more than a basic education. This was a time when royal power sought to become more unassailable but also succeeded in gradually turning more and more controversial. Loyal church officials appointed to bishops became the willing vassals in this new order, where rebelling magnates were regularly accused of treason. Central to this success was his use of the German Church as a vehicle for building the administration necessary to control his vast realm reaching from Hamburg to the south of Rome. Nevertheless, Conrad II succeeded in gaining control of the largest duchies by placing his family members in charge of strategic positions.
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Of course, this was not achieved without rumbling and strife, and nobles instigated numerous rebellions during his reign. Later, in 1027, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. Hence, when the Saxon dynasty, the Ottonians, died out in 1024, Conrad was elected king. Although the descendent of mid-level noblemen, the Counts of Speyer, Conrad succeeded in marrying wealth as well as later gaining the trust of the majority of his peers. Henry, 1016 – 1056, was the eldest-born of Conrad II (c.
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As such, he laid the groundwork for the later investiture controversy, which came to be the all-out defining mark of the contentious rule of his son, Henry IV.
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But he was also a dedicated champion of the right of a crowned emperor to appoint bishops in his realm. With close-knit contacts to Cluny, he was an important champion of the “Peace and Truce of God” movement. Henry III, a member of the Salian Dynasty, was nicknamed the Pious.