The Children of Adam and Eve

The first of the Saxon line of German kings. In 912 Henri succeeded his
father as duke of Saxony. Following the Death of Conrad I, king of
Germany, in 918, Henri was chosen king by the Franconian and Saxon nobles.
Bavaria, Swabia, and Lotharingia refused to acknowledge him at first, and
it was not until 925 that he managed to win recognition from all the
German states. In 926 Henri secured a nine-year truce from warfare with
the Magyars. During that period he transformed many of the small towns of
Germany into fortified cities with trained troops of mounted warriors. His
military preparations were successfully tested in a war against the Wends
in 929. When the Magyars invaded Thuringia in 933, Henri repulsed them
decisively. He defeated the Danes in the following year and seized
territory from them. Henri was the first to create a united Germany, and,
although he never received the imperial crown, he is generally recognized
as one of the Holy Roman emperors. He was succeeded by his son, Otto.