ABSTRACT
Conrad had Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne crown his son Henry king in Aachen on Easter Day 1028, when the boy was only eleven years old. By the time Conrad died in 1039 Henry had served an excellent political apprenticeship. He accompanied his father into battle against the Poles in 1031. In 1032 Henry is mentioned as being present for the issuing of certain imperial diplomas. He was sent to fight the Slavs to the northeast and the Bohemians, and he acquitted himself with distinction. When his father was recognized as king of Burgundy in 1034, Henry was also recognized. And in 1035 when Duke Adalbero of Carinthia was deposed by Conrad for treason, Henry (as we have seen) refused to give his consent to the proceedings. Though he eventually gave in, it was obvious that Henry had a mind of his own and certain scruples which his father did not possess.
