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3 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55. Thursday, 27 July 2023. By Vincenzo De Meulenaere.
3 days ago · The four books of Gesta Friderici cover the periods through the death of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III, five years of rule by his successor Frederick I, and two books for the period from 1156–1170. The last two books were written by the chronicler Rahewin, possibly with Otto's help through 1158.
3 days ago · Fourth Crusade. The Fourth Crusade (November 10, 1202 - April 13, 1204) [2] was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim -controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate.
4 days ago · Philipp von Schwaben. Links: The Peerage; Geneall; Wikipedia; King of Germany(formally King of the Romans): Reign: 1198–1208 (contested by Otto IV) Predecessor: Henry VI Successor: Otto IV. Duke of Swabia: Reign 1196–1208; Predecessor: Conrad II Successor: Frederick VI. Philip av Swabia var en prins av huset til Hohenstaufen og kongen av ...
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- Irini Maria Angelina
- Lombardy
5 days ago · Almost every major writer of the time from Pliny to Suetonius claims that Domitian, who wound up ruling longer than almost any other Roman ruler in that period, was a tyrant. St. John the Apostle and Evangelist would agree, as he was immersed in a tub of boiling oil in AD 95 at the explicit command of this emperor.
4 days ago · Gonville & Caius College Fellow Dr Vedran Sulovsky explores the rise of the Holy Roman Empire in his first book. In Making the Holy Roman Empire Holy: Frederick Barbarossa, Saint Charlemagne and the sacrum imperium (Cambridge University Press 2024) Dr Sulovsky explores the reign of Frederick Barbarossa (1152–1190). The book “offers a new ...
2 days ago · Holy Roman Empire Pechenegs. Kievan Rus: Victory. Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Boleslaw; Polish sack of Kiev; Henry II: German–Polish War (1028–1031) Holy Roman Empire: Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary (1029–1031) Victory: Conrad II: Emperor Conrad II's military campaign against Hungary (1030–1031) Holy Roman Empire: Kingdom ...
