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- Lothar II (or III) (born early June 1075—died Dec. 3/4, 1137, Breitenwang, now in Austria) was a German king (1125–37) and Holy Roman emperor (1133–37). He is reckoned as Lothar III by those who count not only Lothar I but also his son Lothar in their numeration of German kings.
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May 28, 2024 · Lothar II (or III) was a German king (1125–37) and Holy Roman emperor (1133–37). He is reckoned as Lothar III by those who count not only Lothar I but also his son Lothar in their numeration of German kings. Lothar II’s election as king in 1125 represented a triumph for the principle of elective.
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May 17, 2018 · Lothair II (1070–1137) (Sometimes called Lothair III, ‘the Saxon’) King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1125–37). He secured the throne through war (1125–35) against the Hohenstaufen .
This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany ( Latin: Regnum Teutonicum ), from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918:
Henry V (German: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty.
Lothair II (1075-1137), king of Germany (1125-37) and Holy Roman emperor (1133-37), sometimes called Lothair III. Through his wife, Richenza, Lothair secured extensive possessions in Saxony (Sachsen), and in 1106, as a reward for his services to Emperor Henry V, he was granted the entire duchy.
Jan 19, 2023 · Lothair III von Supplinburg (9 June 1075, Unterlüß – 4 December 1137), was Duke of Saxony (1106), King of Germany (1125), and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. The son of Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia.
Instead of Frederick, they chose the duke of Saxony, Lothar of Supplinburg (reigned as King Lothar III in 1125–37 and as Emperor Lothar II in 1133–37). Like the Hohenstaufen, he had risen through a lucky marriage and continuous combat into the first rank of dynasts; but, unlike them, he had served the cause of the Saxon opposition to the ...
