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Henry (died 886) possibly a son or grandson of Count Poppo of Grapfeld one of the first Babenbergs was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Charles the Fat. He was variously titled Count or Margrave of Saxony and Duke of Franconia.Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle Babenberg on the River Main around which the later city of Bamberg was built. He enjoyed the favour of Charles the Fat and was his right-hand man in Germany during his reign.