Editing Ottonian dynasty (section)

===Henry II===
[[File:Heinrichsgrab Ausschnitt.JPG|thumb|Detail from the monument to Emperor Henry II, built over his tomb in [[Bamberg Cathedral]] more than 350 years after his death]]
The childless Otto III was succeeded by Henry II, a son of Duke [[Henry II of Bavaria]] and thereby a member of the Bavarian line of the Ottonians. Duke of Bavaria since 995, he was crowned king on 7 June 1002. Henry II spent the first years of his rule consolidating his political power on the borders of the German kingdom. He waged several campaigns against Bolesław I of Poland and then moved successfully to Italy where he was crowned emperor by [[Pope Benedict VIII]] on 14 February 1014. He reinforced his rule by endowing and founding numerous dioceses, such as the [[Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg|Bishopric of Bamberg]] in 1007, intertwining the secular and ecclesiastical authority over the Empire. Henry II was [[canonized]] by [[Pope Eugene III]] in 1146.{{sfn|Middleton|2015|p={{pn|date=May 2023}}}}

As his marriage with [[Cunigunde of Luxembourg]] remained childless, the Ottonian dynasty became extinct with the death of Henry II in 1024. The crown passed to [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] of the [[Salian dynasty]], great-grandson of [[Liutgard of Saxony (died 953)|Liutgarde]], a daughter of Otto I. When King [[Rudolph III of Burgundy]] died without heirs on 2 February 1032, Conrad II successfully claimed also this kingship on the basis of an inheritance Emperor Henry II had extorted from the former in 1006, having invaded [[Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles|Burgundy]] to enforce his claim after Rudolph attempted to renounce it in 1016.{{sfn|Middleton|2015|p={{pn|date=May 2023}}}}