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- 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
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