Friederich I VON HOHENSTAUFEN

Abt 1060 - 1105  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Friederich I VON HOHENSTAUFEN
  Birth	Abt 1060	Swaben
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	hertug
  Residence	Swaben
  Death	1105  [1]
  Notes	Hohenstaufen, noble German family, members of which were rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and kings of Germany and Sicily. The family name was derived from the ancestral castle at Staufen (near present-day Stuttgart). The family gained prominenc e in 1079 with the marriage of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, to Agnes, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. The royal and imperial line began in 1138 when their son, Conrad III, was elected German king. This line included the Holy Roman Emp erors and German kings Frederick I, Barbarossa, who was also King of Italy, and Henry VI, also King of Sicily. Frederick II was Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Germany, Sicily, and Jerusalem. Other Hohenstaufen rulers were Philip, Kin g of Germany; Conrad IV, King of Germany and Sicily; Manfred, King of Sicily; and Conradin, who was killed while defending his right to rule Sicily. Enzio, an illegitimate son of Frederick II, assumed the title of King of Sardinia but was imprison ed; with his death the family line ended. From the accession of Conrad III, the Hohenstaufen family came into conflict with another German family, the Guelphs, or Welfs.1 1"Hohenstaufen," Microsoft(r) Encarta(r) 99 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Fra Britannicus: Hohenstaufen Dynasty also called STAUFER DYNASTY, German dynasty that ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1138 to 1208 and from 1212 to 1254. The founder of the line was the count Frederick (died 1105), who built Staufen Castle in the Swabian Jura Mountains and was rewar ded for his fidelity to Emperor Henry IV by being appointed duke of Swabia as Frederick I in 1079. He later married Henry's daughter Agnes. His two sons, Frederick II, duke of Swabia, and Conrad, were the heirs of their uncle, Emperor Henry V, wh o died childless in 1125. After the interim reign of the Saxon Lothair III, Conrad became German king and Holy Roman emperor as Conrad III in 1138. Subsequent Hohenstaufen rulers were Frederick I Barbarossa (Holy Roman emperor 1155-90), Henr y VI (Holy Roman emperor 1191-97), Philip of Swabia (king 1198- 1208), Frederick II (king, 1212-50, emperor 1220-50), and Conrad IV (king 1237-54). The Hohenstaufen, especially Frederick I and Frederick II, continued the struggle with the papac y that began under their Salian predecessors, and were active in Italian affairs. The imperial dynasty was interrupted in 1208-12 by the brief reign of Otto IV, duke of Aquitaine of the House of Welf
  Person ID	I36655	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Family	Agnes Av TYSKLAND,   b. Abt 1060, Tyskland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Friederich II VON HOHENSTAUFEN,   b. Abt 1085, Swaben d. Yes, date unknown   2. Konrad III Av TYSKLAND,   b. 1093, Tyskland d. 1152, Tyskland (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F13436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S150] Stammtafel der Kaiser Deutsches Reich 1871.