Henry V, Duke of Carinthia

[1] According to the contemporary chronicler Otto of Freising, Henry was "a valiant man, experienced in the councils of war" (fortem et exercitatum in bellicis consiliis virum).

[1][2] Henry was the eldest son of Duke Ulrich I and Judith, daughter of Margrave Hermann II of Baden.

[1] He married Elizabeth, widow of Count Rudolf II of Stade and daughter of Margrave Leopold of Styria, but their marriage was childless.

In 1147 his rich uncle, Count Bernard of Trixen, bequeathed his allods and his ministeriales (high-status serfs) in Carinthia and in the Styrian Mark an der Drau to Margrave Ottokar III of Styria.

[1][2][6] Henry was probably sent because his uncle, Margrave Engelbert III of Istria was married to Matilda of Sulzbach, a sister of Manuel's wife, the Empress Irene.