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  Courtly Lives - HRE Frederick II
Frederick II was the King of Sicily (as Frederick I) in 1197; the Roman King in 1212, and Holy Roman Emperor in 1220.
Frederick's grandfather was Frederick I (1152-1190), Barbarossa, of the House of Hohenstaufen.
Frederick II was born on December 26, 1194, in the town of Jesi in the march of Ancona.
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 Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire) - MSN Encarta
Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire) (1123?-1190), Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany (1152-1190), king of Italy (1155-1190), and as Frederick III, duke of Swabia (1147-1152, 1167-1168), known as Frederick Barbarossa (“red beard”).
He was born in Waiblingen, the son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, and the nephew of Conrad III, king of Germany.
Frederick was forced in 1177 to acknowledge Alexander III as pope and in 1183 to sign the Peace of Constance, agreeing to the demands of the Lombards for autonomy but retaining imperial authority over the towns.
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 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick I, also known as Frederick Barbarossa ("Frederick Redbeard", 1125-1190) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 in succession to his uncle Conrad III, and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1155.
As the son of Frederick of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, and Judith of Bavaria, of the rival Guelph[?] dynasty, Frederick was descended from Germany's two principal families, making him an acceptable choice for the Empire's princely electors as heir to the Imperial crown.
Frederick was succeeded as king and emperor by his son Henry.
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 US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Hohenstaufen
Frederick II remained a close ally of the kings, and he and his brother Conrad were named the king's representatives in Germany when the king was in Italy.
Because the German dukes had grown stronger both during and after the Investiture Controversy and because royal access to the resources of the church in Germany was much reduced, Frederick was forced to go to Italy to find the finances needed to restore the king's power in Germany.
Frederick died in 1190 while on a crusade and was succeeded by his son, Henry VI (r.
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Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215.
Frederick's authority in Germany remained tenuous, and he was recognized only in southern Germany: in northern Germany, the center of Guelph power, Otto continued to hold the reins of royal and imperial power despite excommunication.
The sarcophagus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen in the Cathedral of Palermo.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Abroad, Frederick intervened in the Danish civil war between Svend III and Valdemar I of Denmark, and negotiations were begun with the East Roman emperor, Manuel I Comnenus.
Barbarossa's son, Frederick VI of Swabia carried on with the remnants of the army, with the aim of burying the Emperor in Jerusalem, but efforts to conserve his body in vinegar failed.
Frederick's untimely death left the Crusader army under the command of the rivals Philip II of France and Richard I of England ("Lionheart"), who had traveled to Palestine separately by sea, and ultimately led to its dissolution.
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 Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Frederick’s coronation as emperor in Rome was delayed by unrest in Germany and by the revolutionary commune of Rome (1143–55), headed by Arnold of Brescia, which controlled the city.
Frederick replied in a manifesto that he held the throne “through the election of the princes from God alone” and prepared to invade Italy, where Milan had begun the conquest of Lombardy.
Among the positive and lasting achievements of Frederick’s reign are the foundations of new towns, the increase of trade, and the colonization and Christianization of Slavic lands in E Germany.
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 Wikinfo | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II Hohenstaufen (December 26, 1194 - 1250) ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1220 through 1250.His empire was frequently at war with the Papal States, so it is not surprising that he was excommunicated – twice, in fact.
Frederick was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX in 1227 for failing to honor his promise to launch the Sixth Crusade.
Frederick's crusade ended in a truce and coronation of Frederick as King of Jerusalem on March 18, 1229.
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 frederick barbarossa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
As son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia and Judith of Bavaria, from the rival House of Guelph (or Welf), Frederick descended from Germany's two leading principal families, making him an acceptable choice for the Empire's princely electors as heir to royal crown.
Abroad, Frederick Barbarossa intervened in the Danish civil war between Svend III and Valdemar I of Denmark, and negotiations were begun with the East Roman emperor, Manuel I Comnenus.
Frederick Barbarossa undertook six expeditions into Italy, in the first of which he was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope Adrian IV in the aftermath of the overthrow by Imperial forces of the republican city commune led by Arnold of Brescia.
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 Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia (1177-1208), German king and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV, was the fifth and youngest son of the emperor Frederick I and Beatrix, daughter of Renaud III[?], count of Upper Burgundy, and consequently brother of the emperor Henry VI.
Having accompanied his brother Henry to Italy in 1191, Philip forsook his ecclesiastical calling, and, travelling again to Italy, was made duke of Tuscany in 1195 and received an extensive grant of lands.
In 1197 he had set out to fetch Frederick from Sicily for his coronation when he heard of the emperor's death and returned at once to Germany.
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 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Summary
Frederick I (1123-1190), or Frederick Barbarossa, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190.
The son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia, Frederick I was the nephew of Emperor Conrad III of the Hohenstaufen family.
Frederick's mother, Judith, however, was a Welf, the sister of Henry the Proud, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria.
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 Frederick Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick I (German: Friedrich I. von Hohenstaufen)(1122 – June 10 1190), also known as Friedrich Barbarossa ("Frederick Redbeard") was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18 1155.
As son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia (German Schwaben) and Judith of Bavaria, from the rival House of Guelph (or Welf), Frederick descended from Germany's two leading principal families, making him an acceptable choice for the Empire's princely electors as heir to royal crown.
Frederick's campaign was stopped by the sudden outbreak of the plague which threatened to destroy the Imperial army and drove the emperor as a fugitive to Germany, where he remained for the ensuing six years.
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 Hohenstaufen Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
Frederick was raised in the court at Palermo until he took over the government at the age of fourteen.
Frederick's relations with the Church began peacefully enough, with his former guardian Innocent III gaining him the throne of the Germans and Innocent's successor Honorius crowning him Holy Roman Emperor in 1220.
Frederick may have been near to victory when he succumbed to illness in 1250 and was entombed in Palermo.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Frederick I
Frederick failed to see that in these cities a new political factor was developing, and underrated the powers of resistance of these free municipal republics.
Frederick was again left to his own resources and, after a short sojourn in Germany, undertook a new expedition to Italy (1163).
While Frederick was fighting in Northern Italy, the head of the Guelphs, Henry the Lion, had refused to give him armed assistance.
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 Friedrich I, 'Barbarossa' Holy_Roman_Empir (1122 - 10 Jun 1190)
Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire), called Frederick Barbarossa (1123?-90), Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany (1152-90), king of Italy (1155-90), and as Frederick III, duke of Swabia (1147-52, 1167-68).
He was born in Waiblingen, the son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia (1090-1147), and the nephew of Conrad III, king of Germany.
Frederick was forced in 1177 to acknowledge Alexander III as pope and in 1183 to sign the Peace of Constance, acceding to the demands of the Lombards for autonomy but retaining imperial suzerainty over the towns.
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 Ancestors of Jerry Landers Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa von Hohenstaufen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
Frederick was at length reconciled with the papacy, and in 1183 the peace of Constance closed the struggle with the Lombard League.
Frederick broke the power of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, and divided the duchy; and in 1183, by the treaty of Augsberg, he arranged a marriage between his son Henry and Constamce, a daughter of Robert, king of Sicily.
Frederick married Beatrice of Palatine, daughter of Count Raimond III of Palatine and Princess Agatha of Lorraine.
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 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Summary
Frederick wrote, or rewrote, a manual on the art of falconry, De arte venandi cum avibus ("On the art of hunting with birds"), of which many illustrated copies survive from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Frederick thought that this time the way into Rome was opened, and again directed his forces against the Pope, trailing behind him a ruined and burning Umbria.
Frederick's illegitimate son Manfred, King of Sicily, was born in 1231 of Bianca, the daughter of Count Bonifacio Lancia.
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As son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia and Judith of Bavaria, from the rival House of Guelph (or Welf), Frederick descended from Germany's two principal families, making him an acceptable choice for the Empire's princely electors as heir to the Imperial crown.
Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1090 — 1147) was duke of Swabia, succeeding his father, duke Frederick I in 1105.
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 Leopold V, Duke of Austria at AllExperts
Leopold V (1157 – December 31, 1194), the Virtuous, was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Styria from 1192 to 1194.
In 1172 he married Helena, daughter of King Geza II of Hungary, and their sons were Frederick I and Leopold VI.
However, the duke was excommunicated by Pope Celestine III for having taken a fellow crusader prisoner.
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Friendly relations were entered into with the East Roman emperor Manuel I Comnenus, and attempts were made to come to a better understanding with Henry II of England and Louis VII of France.
However, on June 10, 1190, Frederick died while crossing the Gksu River in Cilicia, south-eastern Anatolia.
The DVD of Pirates of The Caribbean reveals that Captain Barbossa 's name was derived from Frederick Barbarossa, as was his beard.
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 Hohenstaufen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Their chief rivals were the Guelphs (see also Guelphs and Ghibellines), whose scion, Otto IV, was Holy Roman emperor from 1209 to 1215; but the Hohenstaufen heir, Frederick II, was elected king by a rival party in 1212.
The most spectacular representative of the house, Frederick shifted the center of the family interests to Sicily and S Italy.
Memories of the German empire’s greatness under the Hohenstaufen played a part in later German history and inspired legends such as that of the Kyffhäuser.
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 1191 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
The monks of Glastonbury Abbey announce that they have found the burial sites of King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere.
Duke Berthold V of Zähringen founds the city of Berne in today's Switzerland.
March 20 - Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (born 1167)
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 1167 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
May 29 - Battle of Legnano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
August 14 - Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne, dies of epidemic after accompanying Frederick Barbarossa on a campaign into Latium.
Several other high-ranking noblemen died of the same epidemic at about the same time, including Děpold I of Jamnitz, Frederick IV of Swabia, and Henry II of Limburg.
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 Amazon.com: "Duke of Austria": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
Key Phrases in this book: Duke of Swabia, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, Frederic Barbarossa, Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Austria, coronation progress, mesne lord, presumptive heiress, double election, great vassals, royal vassal (See more)
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Leopold VI, the Glorious, Duke of Austria, 1198-1230, who fought in Spain in 1212, but arrived too late for the famous battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
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 King Frederick I
Wife: Adelheid of Vohburg (known as Adela, annulled)
Son: Conrad II, Duke of Swabia and Rothenburg (b.
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 Nothingandall: On this day in History - Mar. 20
1191 - Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia dies (b.
He is succeed by his son Henry V. Jerome Emser was born (d.
1568 - Duke Albert of Prussia dies (b.
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