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Hohenstaufen
Hohenstaufen A German royal house, members of which held the throne of the Holy Roman Empire (1138–1254), the rivals of the
HOHENZOLLERNS. The emperor Henry IV (1084–1106) gave them the duchy of Swabia and in 1138 Duke Conrad became emperor as Conrad III. The family provided many emperors, including
FREDERICK I (Barbarossa) who attempted to build up German power in Italy. The relationship between the papacy and the Hohenstaufen was frequently acrimonious, resulting from their respective claims to land and personal powers. The empire grew to include Germany, northern Italy, and Sicily but proved too large to be managed in the face of papal and Lombard opposition, and the dynasty's last ruling member, Manfred of Sicily, was killed in battle in 1266.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Decline and Fall of Medieval Sicily: Politics, Religion, and Economy in the Reign of Frederick III, 1296-1337.
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Sicilian king of that name. Other authors know him as Frederick II, because his great-grandfather, Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen, reigned in Sicily as King Frederick I, 1197-1250. Backman used sources frequently, often inserting a translation in...
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Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1993; 537 words
; ...second look. Southern Italy may not have |achieved' the strong centralized monarchy that attracts scholars to Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily, but it was in many ways all the more interesting for this: it was a world where Byzantine, Arab, Frankish and...
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Die Welfen un ihr Braunschweiger Hof.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...literature. History is represented by seven contributions: on the Welfs and their Braunschweig court, on the Welfs and the Hohenstaufen empire, on the court of Henry the Lion, on Welf memoria as dynastic legitimization, on the offices of the Welf court...
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Wilfried Werner, Die mittelalterlichen nichtliturgischen Handschriften des Zisterzienserklosters Salem.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...high-quality manuscripts produced under Abbot Eberhard von Rohrdorf (1191-1240), an abbot whose connections with the Hohenstaufen dynasty took him to the court of King Philipp of Swabia and to Emperor Frederick II in Sicily. There are not, however...
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May's anniversaries.(MONTH PAST)(Earl of Cornwall Richard crowned king of Rome)(Daphne du Maurier born)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...independence, preferred a weak outsider to a more powerful insider. So did Pope Innocent IV, who did not want to see another Hohenstaufen on the imperial throne after the death of the Emperor Frederick II in 1250. Richard, Earl of Cornwall, was the second...
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 6/22/1997; ; 668 words
; ...history, designating its beginning dates (not always an easy task) and proceeding through the Ottonians, Salians, and Hohenstaufen into the Reformation. From there, his timeline proceeds forward until he reaches the reunification at the close of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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