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Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen , German princely family, whose name is derived from the castle of Staufen built in 1077 by a Swabian count, Frederick. In 1079, Frederick married Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and was created duke of Swabia. The line of German kings and Holy Roman emperors began (1138... Read more
Urban IV
Urban IV d. 1264, pope (1261-64), a Frenchman (b. Troyes) named Jacques Pantaléon; successor of Alexander IV. In the pontifical service he was sent on missions into N Germany; then he was made bishop of Verdun (1253) and Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (1255). On his election he inherited the s... Read more
Innocent IV
Innocent IV d. 1254, pope (1243-54), a Genoese named Sinibaldo Fieschi, a distinguished jurist who studied and later taught law at the Univ. of Bologna; successor of Celestine IV. He was of a noble family. Although he had been regarded as sympathetic to the empire, once pope he quickly took up the ... Read more
Bari
Bari , city (1991 pop. 342,309), capital of Bari prov. and of Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a major seaport and an industrial and commercial center. It is connected by road, rail, and ship to other Adriatic ports and is now connected by road to Naples. Manufactures include chemicals, m... Read more
Manfred
Manfred , c.1232-1266, king of Sicily (1258-66), the last Hohenstaufen on that throne. An illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Manfred was regent in Sicily for his brother Conrad IV . Conrad died in 1254, and Manfred seized the regency for Conrad's young son, Conradin . However, ... Read more
Clement IV
Clement IV d. 1268, pope (1265-68), a Frenchman named Guy le gros Foulques; successor of Urban IV. He was a lay adviser of King Louis IX of France, but after his wife's death he entered the church. As pope he continued the struggle against the Hohenstaufen by confirming the agreement with Charle... Read more
Leopold III
Leopold III or Saint Leopold, c.1073-1136, margrave of Austria (1095-1136). By his marriage (1106) with Agnes, widow of Duke Frederick I of Swabia (see Hohenstaufen ), he became the stepfather of German King Conrad III and the father of Otto of Freising and of Duke Henry II of Austria (see Ba... Read more
Guelphs
Guelphs , European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph III (d. 1055) was made (1047) duke of Carinthia and margrave of Verona. Without male heirs, he was succeeded by his nephew, Guelph IV, ... Read more
Lothair II
Lothair II also called Lothair III, 1075-1137, Holy Roman emperor (1133-37) and German king (1125-37); successor of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. His predecessor invested him with the duchy of Saxony in 1106, but after 1112 Lothair, in several rebellions, successfully championed local independenc... Read more
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Guelphs and Ghibellines , opposing political factions in Germany and in Italy during the later Middle Ages. The names were used to designate the papal (Guelph) party and the imperial (Ghibelline) party during the long struggle between popes and emperors, and they were also used in connection with th... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Hohenstaufen"

Hohenstaufen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hohenstaufen , German princely family, whose name...emperor from 1209 to 1215; but the Hohenstaufen heir, Frederick II , was elected king...and Conradin , the last legitimate Hohenstaufen, became titular king of Sicily; his...
Guelphs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Guelphs powerful rivals to the house of Hohenstaufen for the imperial title; when Conrad III of Hohenstaufen became German king in 1138 he deprived...with the accession of Frederick I of Hohenstaufen as Holy Roman emperor in 1155. His...
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Saxony and Bavaria, and the Hohenstaufen (the name Ghibelline is supposedly derived from Waiblingen, a Hohenstaufen castle). The rivalry between...of Otto IV (a Guelph) and the Hohenstaufen Frederick II (a Ghibelline...
Peter III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...II, and had inherited in 1266 the Hohenstaufen family claim to the kingdom of Sicily...France, had defeated the last of the Hohenstaufen rulers of Sicily and, with papal support...Constance, the last member of the Hohenstaufen family. Peter's reign in Sicily...
Lothair II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...electors chose Lothair over Frederick of Hohenstaufen , Henry V's nephew, to succeed him...the Proud of Bavaria, defeated the Hohenstaufen and peace was made in 1135. In Italy...1133). After the defeat of the Hohenstaufen he returned (1136) to Italy and campaigned...
Innocent IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...struggle with Frederick II and the Hohenstaufen . After a futile treaty he felt unsafe...Innocent did not spare the other Hohenstaufen, Conrad IV and Manfred , but after...occupied with his quarrel with the Hohenstaufen, and the taxes he levied to continue...
Henry the Lion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...families of Welfs, or Guelphs , and Hohenstaufen . Henry took part in Frederick's...Henry continued to intrigue against the Hohenstaufen. Shortly before his death he reached...Henry VI . Conflict between Guelphs and Hohenstaufen continued after his death. Henry...
Wittelsbach Dynasty (Bavaria)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...princely status as supporters of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in the twelfth century, deriving...1214 from Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen, were the founding fathers of the...assembled during this period, includes the Hohenstaufen lion as well as the colors white and...
Frederick I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1152-90), son of Frederick of Hohenstaufen , duke of Swabia, nephew and successor...frequently acted as a mediator between his Hohenstaufen uncle, Conrad, and his Guelph cousin...discord between the rival houses of Hohenstaufen and Guelphs. Frederick's coronation...
Manuel I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Manuel built his diplomatic hopes on cooperation with the new Hohenstaufen dynasty of Germany, planning thereby to check the aggressive...Barbarossa, who soon ended any illusions of continued Comnenian-Hohenstaufen cooperation. Manuel's other initial ally, and his supporter...

Dictionary entries related to "Hohenstaufen"

Hohenstaufen
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Hohenstaufen A German royal house, members of which held the throne of the Holy...German power in Italy. The relationship between the papacy and the Hohenstaufen was frequently acrimonious, resulting from their respective claims...
Frederick II of Hohenstaufen
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Frederick II of Hohenstaufen ( b . Iesi, Italy, 26 December 1194; d . Castelfiorentino, Italy, 13 December 1250) natural sciences . Frederick II was the...
Fibonacci, Leonardo, or Leonardo of Pisa
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...theory, in which he went far beyond his predecessors. Leonardo ’ s importance was recognized at the court of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II . Leonardo ’ s writings mention the names of many of the scholars of the circle around the...
Sicilian Vespers
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Charles I of Anjou had received the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Pope Urban IV in 1266 and to claim it had defeated the Hohenstaufen MANFRED , son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. His rule was extremely harsh, enforcing heavy taxation, and the...
Ghibelline
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...the Holy Roman emperor against the Pope and his supporters, the Guelphs, during the long struggle between the papacy and the Empire. The name may come ultimately from German Waiblingen , an estate belonging to Hohenstaufen emperors.
Holy Roman Empire
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...lapsed in 924. In 962 Otto I of Germany was crowned Emperor in Rome by John XII ; his successors of the Saxon, Salian, and Hohenstaufen dynasties held the title until 1254. The expression ‘holy empire’ was used from 1157 by Frederick...
Spontini, Gaspare (Luigi Pacifico)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1804), La Vestale (1807), Fernand Cortez (1809), Olympie (1819), Nurmahal (1822), Alcidor (1825), Agnes von Hohenstaufen (1829). Fest. pageant: Lalla Rookh (1821). Most of Spontini's operas were rev. several times. Some have been...
Behnisch, Günter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...swimming-pool was designed with Frei Otto . The firm also built many schools, using prefabricated components, including the Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium, Göppingen (1956–9), the Secondary School, Lorch (1973), and the Study Centre for...
Charles I of Anjou
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the kingdom of Sicily in order to curtail their power. He defeated and killed MANFRED at Benevento, effectively ending Hohenstaufen influence, but then went on to take Naples as well as most of northern Italy, himself becoming a real threat to papal interests...
Guelph
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...battle of Weinsburg in 1140) by partisans of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria, who belonged to this family, and fought against the Emperor Conrad III; it was thus adopted as a name for the adversaries of the Hohenstaufen emperors.

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The Princess in the Tower: Alex Sanmark tells the strange tale of the ill-fated marriage of Philip Augustus of France and his Danish princess at the end of the twelfth century.
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...supported the Swabian family of the Hohenstaufen (which included Frederick Barbarossa...of Emperor Henry VI, when both the Hohenstaufen Philip of Swabia and the Welf Otto...given his oath of allegiance to the Hohenstaufen emperor in 1162. Knud, on the other...
Center of Europe shifts.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 1/7/2007; 525 words ; ...earlier glories: the 12th-century Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa of the Hohenstaufen dynasty built a residence in Gelnhausen, making it a center of sorts for the Hohenstaufen empire. Copyright (c) 2007, Tulsa World, Okla. Distributed by McClatchy...
The Crusades, the Kingdom of Sicily, and the Mediterranean
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...either of the crusades or the Kingdom of Sicily under the Hohenstaufen rulers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. A focal...span a wide range: from the royal crusade projects of the Hohenstaufen, the contribution of women to the crusade movement, and...
Muslim-Christian Relations in Medieval Southern Italy
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...almost eighty-year existence made it a valuable asset to the Hohenstaufen and Angevin crowns. Nevertheless, the settlement was dismantled...gave them a strategic advantage against Norman, and later Hohenstaufen, forces because of the rocky terrain and elevation.1 The...
The Bernardine reform and the crusading spirit
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...emperor-elect, Conrad III (110 137-1152).6 Conrad was understandably reluctant since tensions between his family, the Hohenstaufen, and the supporters of Conrad's old enemy, Duke Welf VI, had approached a state of civil war. Bernard's influence...
Empire and Order: The Concept of Empire, 800-1800
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...empire of peace and justice, with an emperor, not the pope, as its head. But the claim to universality, echoed by the Hohenstaufen emperors, evoked protests from canoeists in England, France, and Spain. They defended the sovereignty of their own monarchs...
3 Czech ISAF soldiers suspended in scandal
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/9/2009; 536 words ; ...caused by stress. He was shown in a photo wearing a helmet painted with the letter H and a sword on it, an emblem of the Hohenstaufen SS division. Their commander was suspended for allegedly knowing about the incident but failing to report it. According...
Jill Caskey. Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean: Merchant Culture in the Region of Amalfi.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...had resident communities of Jews and Muslims, and lived, often somewhat tensely, and prospered under successive Norman, Hohenstaufen, and Angevin rule through the late eleventh to the thirteenth century. At the center of Caskey's study is the Rufolo...
Reform army or be fired, defense min. told.
News Wire article from: UPI Energy Resources; 11/12/2009; 590 words ; ...newspaper reported. Sgt. Hynek Matonoha had the letter H crossed by a sword -- signifying the 9. Waffen SS Panzerdivision Hohenstaufen -- on the side of his helmet. When the emblems were reported to Col. Petr Prochazka, the soldiers' commander, Prochazka...
Trieste: where the west ends. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Europe; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...distinctive Triestine culture--"Italo" for "Italian" and "Svevo," "Swabian," a follower of the German-speaking Hohenstaufen emperors. Trieste has its physical monuments as well. Piazza Unita d'Italia, open to the sea--the city's life...