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Key facts
- Parent family
- Widonids (?)
- Country
- Holy Roman Empire , Germany , Italy , Burgundy , Carinthia , Bavaria , Swabia
- Place of origin
- Franconia
- Founded
- Early 10th century
- Founder
- Count Werner
- Final ruler
- Emperor Henry V
- Members
- Pope Gregory V , Emperor Conrad II , Emperor Henry III , Emperor Henry IV
- Connected families
- Ottonian , Hohenstaufen , Babenberg
- Distinctions
- Investiture Controversy
- Traditions
- Roman Catholicism
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Encyclopedic overview
The Salian dynasty or Salic dynasty (German: Salier) was a European royal dynasty in the High Middle Ages. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom went on to be crowned Holy Roman emperors (1027–1125).
After the death of the last Ottonian emperor in 1024, the Kingdom of Germany and later the entire Holy Roman Empire passed to Conrad II, a Salian. He was followed by three more Salian rulers: Henry III, Henry IV, and Henry V. They established their monarchy as a major European power.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salian dynasty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.