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• Residence: Tyskland

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Occupation:
prinsesse

Family/Spouse: Friederich I VON HOHENSTAUFEN. Friederich was born about 1060 in Swaben; died in 1105. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Swaben

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From Britannicus: The nearest kinsmen of Henry V were his Hohenstaufen nephews--Frederick, duke of Swabia (1105-47), and his younger brother Conrad, the sons of Henry's sister Agnes and Frederick, the first Hohenstaufen duke of Swabia. Some form of election had alw ays been necessary to succeed to the crown, but, before the great civil war, nearness to the royal blood had been honoured whenever a dynasty failed in the direct line. By 1125, however, the princes, guided by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, no long er respected blood right. Affinity with Henry V was no recommendation to them, and hereditary succession seemed to lower their authority in the government of the Reich. Instead of Frederick they chose the duke of Saxony, Lothair of Supplingenbur g (reigned as king 1125-37, reigned as emperor 1133-37). Like the Hohenstaufen, he had risen by a lucky marriage and a successful career of continuous fighting into the first rank of dynasts; but, unlike them, he had served the cause of the Saxo n opposition to the Salians.

Occupation:
hertug

Family/Spouse: Judith VON WELF. Judith (daughter of Welf IV VON WELF) was born in Bayern, Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Tyskland

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Conrad III (1093-1152), king of Germany (1138-1152), founder of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman emperors, a younger son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, who was Count of Hohenstaufen. Conrad's uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, appointed hi m Duke of Franconia in 1115 and a regent of Germany in 1116. Upon Henry's death in 1125 Conrad joined his brother Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, in unsuccessfully disputing the imperial election of Lothair II, Duke of Saxony, who was also electe d king of Germany. Conrad was elected king (or so-called antiking) of Germany in 1127. A war between the rivals ensued. Conrad went to Milan, where he was crowned king of Italy in 1128. The pope crowned Lothair as Holy Roman emperor in 1133 and tw o years later Conrad acknowledged Lothair as emperor. After Lothair's death in 1137 Conrad was again elected king of the Germans. Although the pope no longer rejected him, events in the empire prevented Conrad from receiving a formal coronatio n as Holy Roman emperor. Conrad's chief enemy was Lothair's son-in-law, Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who refused to submit to Conrad's authority. The centuries-long war between the Welf family, to which Henry belonged, and the Hohenstaufens, also know n as the Waiblingen, originated during Conrad's reign. Conrad's struggle with the Welfs and his other unsuccessful efforts to consolidate the empire were interrupted by the calling of the Second Crusade (1147-1149), in which he took a leading part . He was succeeded by his nephew, Duke Frederick of Swabia, who became emperor as Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa).1

1"Conrad III," Microsoft(r) Encarta(r) 99 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Occupation:
keiser

Family/Spouse: Gertude VON SULZBACH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Lothringen

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Occupation:
hertuginne

Family/Spouse: Matheus I VON LOTHRINGEN. Matheus (son of Simon I VON LOTHRINGEN and Adelheid Av SACHSEN) was born about 1110 in Lothringen; died in 1176. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Tyskland

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Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire), called Frederick Barbarossa (c. 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). He was born in Waiblingen, th e son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia, and the nephew of Conrad III, king of Germany. Conrad III, favouring Frederick over his own son, on his deathbed recommended to the German princes that Frederick be chosen for the German kings hip and the imperial throne. Accordingly, after the death of his uncle in 1152, Frederick Barbarossa was made German king and elected Holy Roman emperor. He conceived of his imperial title as a grant from God, through the German princes, and wishe d to restore the glory of the Roman Empire. He consequently decided to consolidate the imperial position in Germany and Italy and began by issuing a general order for peace among the princes of Germany, at the same time granting them extensive con cessions. In 1154 he proceeded to Italy, where he received the Lombard crown at Pavia. The following year he was crowned Holy Roman emperor by Pope Adrian IV, whose authority Frederick had reinstated before his coronation. In 1156 Pope Adrian aroused Frederick against the papacy by implying in a letter to him that the emperor held lands only as a fief from the pope. Two years later Frederick incurred the hostility of the Lombards by demanding recognition of all hi s royal rights, including his power to appoint the imperial podesta, or governor, in every town. Such cities as Milan, Piacenza, Brescia, and Cremona considered that demand a denial of their communal liberties and in 1158 began a struggle that las ted until 1183 and required Frederick to lead five expeditions to Italy. Between 1158 and 1162 Frederick warred with Milan and its allies, subduing that city and confirming claims to other Italian cities. Meanwhile Frederick had set up a serie s of antipopes in opposition to the reigning pope, Alexander III, who espoused the cause of the Milanese and their allies and who, in 1165, excommunicated Frederick. By attacking the Leonine City in Rome in 1167-1168, Frederick was able to instal l one of the antipopes, Paschal III, on the papal throne. The Lombard League, consisting of the cities of Milan, Parma, Padua, Verona, Piacenza, Bologna, Cremona, Mantua, Bergamo, and Brescia, was formed in 1167 and eventually acknowledged Pope Al exander as leader. During the next seven years the league acquired military strength, rebuilt Milan, constructed the fortress city of Alessandria, and organized a federal system of administration. The fifth expedition (1174-1176) of Frederic k to Italy terminated in defeat by the Lombard League at Legnano. The defeat was significant in military history, because it was the first major triumph of infantry over a mounted army of feudal knights. Frederick was forced in 1177 to acknowledg e 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. Although imperial control in Italy was virtually ended by his defeat at Legnano, Frederick managed to enhance his prestige in central Europe. He made Poland tributary to the empire, raised Bohemia to the rank of a kingdom, and erected the margrava te of Austria into an independent hereditary duchy. His own power as emperor in Germany was firmly established in 1180, when he ended his long struggle with the Welfs by putting down a revolt led by the Welf Henry the Lion and depriving him of mos t of his lands. Frederick initiated the Third Crusade in 1189, and in the next year, having resigned the government of the empire to his son Henry, later Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, set out for Asia Minor. After gaining two great victories over the Muslims at Ph ilomelion (now Ak?ehir) and Iconium (now Konya), he was drowned in the Calycadnus (now Göksu) River in Cilicia (now in Turkey) on June 10, 1190.1

1"Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft(r) Encarta(r) 99 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Occupation:
konge og keiser

Family/Spouse: Beatrix VON BURGUND. Beatrix was born in Burgund; died in Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Ober-Salm, Tyskland

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Occupation:
hertuginne

Family/Spouse: Heinrich III Zu OBER-SALM. Heinrich (son of Heinrivh VII Zu OBER-SALM and Maria Zu LUXEMBURG) was born in Ober-Salm, Tyskland; died in 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Han ble konge i Tyskland i 1169 og keiser i "The Holy Roman Empire" etter sin far i 1191.

Occupation:
konge og Keiser

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• Residence: Tyskland

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Han ble konge i 1198

Occupation:
Hertug av Swaben og Konge

Family/Spouse: Irene VON BYSANZ. Irene was born in Bysanz; died in Swaben. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]