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Frederick V of Hohenstaufen (Pavia, 16 July 1164 – c. 1170) was Duke of Swabia from 1167 to his death. [1] He was the eldest son of Frederick I Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy .
Duke of Swabia. The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to rule Swabia was the Hohenstaufen family, who held it, with a brief interruption ...
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Early career
Frederick II was the eldest son of Duke Frederick I of Swabia and his wife Agnes of Waiblingen, a daughter of the Salian emperor Henry IV. He succeeded his father in 1105 and together with his brother Conrad continued the extension and consolidation of the Hohenstaufen estates. Frederick had numerous castles erected along the Rhine river and in the Alsaceregion. Frederick accompanied King Henry V on his campaign against King Coloman of Hungary in 1108. In 1110, he and Henry V embarked on an e...
Salian war of succession
Upon the death of Emperor Henry V in 1125, the Salian dynasty became extinct. Frederick II, Henry's nephew, stood for election as King of the Romans with the support of his younger brother Conrad and several princely houses. However, he lost in the tumultuous round of elections,[citation needed] led by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, to the Saxon duke Lothair II. Frederick at first rendered homage to the new king, however, he refused the feudal oath and insisted on the inheritance of the Salian...
Last years
After Lothair's death in 1137 and the following election of Conrad as King of the Romans, Frederick supported his brother in the struggle with the Welfs. According to Otto of Freising, Frederick was "so faithful a knight to his sovereign and so helpful a friend to his uncle that by valor he supported the tottering honor of the realm, fighting manfully against its foes..." Duke Frederick II died in 1147 at Alzey. He was buried at the Benedictine abbey of Walburgin Alsace. His son Frederick suc...
With Judith of Bavaria (1103- 22 February 1131), daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria: 1. Frederick III Barbarossa (1122–1190), duke of Swabia and Holy Roman Emperoras Frederick I 2. Bertha of Lorraine (1123–1195), married Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine With Agnes of Saarbrücken (d. c.1147), daughter of Frederick, Count of Saarbrücken: 1. Conrad of ...
Brooke, Christopher (2014). Europe in the Central Middle Ages: 962-1154. Routledge.Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: A Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters. Cornell University Press.- 1105 - 6 April 1147
- Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
Dynastic competition, 1125–52. The nearest kinsmen of Henry V were his Hohenstaufen nephews— Frederick, duke of Swabia, and his younger brother Conrad —the sons of Henry’s sister Agnes and Frederick, the first Hohenstaufen duke of Swabia.
The second of the Hohenstaufen rulers, Frederick I (r. 1152-90), also known as Frederick Barbarossa because of his red beard, struggled throughout his reign to restore the power and prestige of the German monarchy.
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Feb 25, 2023 · In August 1167, when Frederick was just three years old, his uncle's domains were devolved to his father, and he was appointed Duke of Swabia, becoming Frederick V. It was a position that would ultimately lead to his early demise.
Frederick V: from Duke of Styria to head of the dynasty. Frederick was the eldest of nine children born to Duke Ernst and his second wife Cymburgis of Masovia. As a result of the division of the lineages in the House of Habsburg, his father Duke Ernst had become sovereign of Inner Austria, ruling over Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. Frederick ...
