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The Deeds of Wiprecht

Good Fortune

And he went from day to day ever growing in stature with more fortunate successes, such that he seemed to be frightening not only to the princes of Saxony but even to Emperor Henry himself. The emperor began to harbour extreme jealousy toward him. Having forgotten justice—and not remembering that Wiprecht had been loyal to him and had been his partner up to this point in great and frequent dangers and labours—he strove to upset Wiprecht’s position of great good fortune.

Analysis

This is a strange remark.  On the one hand, it plainly offers a summation of the Deeds's narrative at the point of its insertion, following several core components--which it must post-date--about how Wiprecht had distinguished himself, earned his benefices, and established his lineage, all presumably by the year 1090.

The reference to jealousy fits with other themes of envy of Wiprecht's prowess which run throughout the text.  

However, the components here labelled "Early Local History" are all very careful not to identify Wirpecht's enemies as "Saxons."  And nowhere in the subsequent text does it describe conflict with Henry IV, if that is the "Henry" meant here.  Might it be a vestige of an earlier version of Wiprecht's history, excised and lost in one of the stages of compilation?

If it refers to Henry V, against whom Wiprecht eventually rebelled, together with some other Saxon nobles, then it is position this early in the narrative makes little sense.