This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing. Under the Treaty of Bonn, Charles the Simple recognized his succession over a territory bequeathed by Conrad I despite struggles with Conrad over Thuringia. He financed wars against the Danes and Wends by jacking Bohemian land fro
This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing. Under the Treaty of Bonn, Charles the Simple recognized his succession over a territory bequeathed by Conrad I despite struggles with Conrad over Thuringia. He financed wars against the Danes and Wends by jacking Bohemian land from Saint Wenceslas and selling it back to him, and waged a more famous campaign after the Synod of Erfurt forced him to fight the Battle of Riade after his kingdom, East Francia, led other states in rejecting an annual tribute to the Magyars. This man held off the Hungarian threat and overcame Duke Giselbert of Lorraine, allowing local autonomy so he could consolidate power in Saxony. For 10 points, name this first King of Germany and father of Otto the Great, whose epithet denotes his affinity for falconry.
This maternal grandfather of Hugh Capet mortgaged his other daughter Gerberga to Louis Transmarinus for French backing.
Henry I [or Henry the Fowler or Heinrich I]