Henry VI, Emperor Germany

1164 - 1196  (32 years)

• Name	Henry VI, Emperor Germany
  Born	1164
  Gender	Male
  AFN	9B9S-PT
  Died	1196
  Person ID	I25625	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Friedrich I, "Barbarossa" Holy Roman Empir,   b. 1121, Of, Swaben, Bavaria ,   d. 3 Jun 1190, Holy Land  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Beatrix, Empress Of Holy Roman Empir,   b. Abt 1121, Of, Swabia, Germany ,   d. 8 Nov 1184  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1156
  Family ID	F9396	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Constania Of Sicily
  Married	1185
  Family ID	F9395	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Henry VI, Emperor Of Germany a member of the Hohenstaufen family, succeeded his father, Frederick Barbarossa, in 1190. His marriage to Constance of Sicily gave him a claim to her kingdom. He also collected a large ransom from King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, who was a prisoner of the duke of Austria. Henry strengthened his position in Italy through the aged Pope Celestine III. He also laid plans to keep the imperial throne in the Hohenstaufen family and to take Jerusalem as the start of a new crusade. But these projects ended suddenly when Henry died at 32. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p H182.