Henry VI

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Henry VI (1165–97) German King (1190–97) and Holy Roman Emperor (1191–97), son of Frederick I (Barbarossa). In 1186 Henry married Constance, heiress of the Kingdom of Sicily, and thereafter devoted much of his reign to securing that inheritance. After 1194, the Empire was at the height of its power. Although he failed to make the Empire hereditary in the Hohenstaufen line, his infant son, Frederick II, was accepted as his successor.

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