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Frederick I, Von Hohenstauffen, [Count of]

Male Abt 1049 - 1105  (~ 56 years)


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  1. 1.  Frederick I, Von Hohenstauffen, [Count of] was born Abt 1049; died 13 Jan 1105.

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    • AFN: 9HM7-08

    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 Freiburg). The family began
    in 1079 with the marriage of Frederick I, duke of Swabia (1050-1105), to Agnes
    (died 1114), daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV; at the same time
    Frederick was created duke of Swabia.
    Ghibellines).
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    Reference:
    "Hohenstaufen," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993 Microsoft
    Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation

    Frederick — Agnes Of Franconia. Agnes (daughter of Heinrich IV Emperor Germany and Bertha, Countess Of Maurine, [Empress]) was born Abt 1051; died 1141. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Friedrich II, Duke Swabia  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1089, Of, Swaben, Bavaria; died 30 Mar 1147.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Friedrich II, Duke Swabia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frederick1) was born 1089, Of, Swaben, Bavaria; died 30 Mar 1147.

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    • AFN: 9HM6-VL

    Notes:

    Friedrich II, Duke Of Swabia

    Friedrich married Judith, Princess Of Bavaria 1119/1120, Of. Judith, (daughter of Heinrich, Duke Of Bavaria and Ulfhide (Wolfhildis), Princess Saxony) was born Abt 1102, Of, Bavaria; died 15 Feb 1125. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Adrienne Swabia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1114, Of, Swaben, Bavaria.
    2. 4. Friedrich I, "Barbarossa" Holy Roman Empir  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1121, Of, Swaben, Bavaria; died 3 Jun 1190, Holy Land; was buried In Holy Land.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Adrienne Swabia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Friedrich2, 1.Frederick1) was born Abt 1114, Of, Swaben, Bavaria.

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    • AFN: 8RNS-7F

    Adrienne married Ferry Chabot Abt 1137, Of, Vendome, Loir-Et-Cher, France. [Group Sheet]


  2. 4.  Friedrich I, "Barbarossa" Holy Roman Empir Descendancy chart to this point (2.Friedrich2, 1.Frederick1) was born 1121, Of, Swaben, Bavaria; died 3 Jun 1190, Holy Land; was buried In Holy Land.

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    • AFN: 8RNS-C4

    Notes:

    Friedrich I, "Barbarossa" Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire called Barbarossa or
    Red Beard, succeeded his uncle Conrad III as king of Germany in 1152. He
    became Holy Roman Emperor in 1155. The German people admired and respected him
    as a great national hero. In 1180, he defeated his great rival for power in
    Germany, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. With the help of loyal
    princes and an able administration, he enforced his authority in Germany and
    the Slavic borderlands to the east.
    He was less successful in a bitter struggle against Pope Alexander III and the
    Lombard League of North Italian cities. The League defeated Frederick at the
    Battle of Legnano in 1176. It was in this battle that foot soldiers recorded
    their first great victory over feudal cavalry. The Lombard cities forced
    Frederick to grant them self-government in the Peace of Constance in 1183. The
    Emperor started on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land in 1189, but drowned the
    next year while crossing a river. A German legend, however, says that
    Barbarossa never really died but is sleeping beside a huge table in the
    Kyffhauser Mountains. When his beard grows completely around the table, the
    legend says, he will arise and conquer Germany's enemies.

    Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire), called Frederick Barbarossa (1123?-90), Holy
    Roman emperor and king of Germany (1152-90), king of Italy (1155-90), and as
    Frederick III, duke of Swabia (1147-52, 1167-68). He was born in Waiblingen,
    the son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia (1090-1147), and the
    nephew of Conrad III, king of Germany. Conrad III, favoring Frederick over his
    own son, on his deathbed recommended to the German princes that Frederick be
    chosen for the German kingship 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 wished 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 concessions. 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 his royal rights, including his power to appoint the
    imperial podesta, or governor, in every town. Such cities as Milan, Piacenza,
    Brescia, and Crema considered that demand a denial of their communal liberties
    and in 1158 began a struggle that lasted 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 series 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 1167-68, Frederick was able to install one of the
    antipopes, Paschal III (died 1168), 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 Alexander 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 (1174-76) of Frederick 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 acknowledge 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 margravate 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 most 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 Philomelion (now Ak3ehir) and Iconium (now Konya), he was
    drowned in the Calycadnus (now Goksu) River in Cilicia (now in Turkey) on June
    10, 1190.
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    Reference:
    "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p F422.
    "Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993
    Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation

    Friedrich married Beatrix, Empress Of Holy Roman Empir 9 Jun 1156. Beatrix, (daughter of Raimond III, Count Palatine and Agatha Princess Of Lorraine) was born Abt 1121, Of, Swabia, Germany; died 8 Nov 1184. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Henry VI, Emperor Germany  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1164; died 1196.
    2. 6. Phillip II, Emperor Germany  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1176/1180, Of, Swabia, Germany; died 14 Jun 1208, Bamberg.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Henry VI, Emperor Germany Descendancy chart to this point (4.Friedrich3, 2.Friedrich2, 1.Frederick1) was born 1164; died 1196.

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    • AFN: 9B9S-PT

    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.
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    Reference:
    "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p H182.

    Henry married Constania Of Sicily 1185. [Group Sheet]


  2. 6.  Phillip II, Emperor Germany Descendancy chart to this point (4.Friedrich3, 2.Friedrich2, 1.Frederick1) was born 1176/1180, Of, Swabia, Germany; died 14 Jun 1208, Bamberg.

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    • AFN: FQW3-BV

    Notes:

    Phillip II, Emperor Of Germany
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    Reference:
    "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants", Langston & Buck,
    1986, p 198.

    Phillip married Irini Maria Angelina, [Empress] 1195. Irini (daughter of Isaac II Emperor Byzantine Empire) was born 1183, Of, Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey; died 20 Aug 1208. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Beatrice Princess Of Germany  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1192; died 1233.
    2. 8. Marie De Swabia, [Princess]  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1200; died 1234.