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Henry VI (German: Heinrich VI.; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily. Henry was the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy.
Henry VI was a German king and Holy Roman emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty who increased his power and that of his dynasty by his acquisition of the kingdom of Sicily through his marriage to Constance I, posthumous daughter of the Sicilian king Roger II.
Henry VI, German Heinrich, (born autumn 1165, Nijmegen, Neth.—died Sept. 28, 1197, Messina, Italy), German king (1169–97) and Holy Roman emperor (1191–97) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty who acquired the kingdom of Sicily by marriage.
The Holy Roman Emperor title provided the highest prestige among medieval Catholic monarchs, because the empire was considered by the Catholic Church to be the only successor of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
Henry VI (Heinrich VI) (November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1190 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death.
In the Holy Roman Empire the dynasty facing Papal wrath was the Hohenstaufen family of Swabia, who eventually claimed the Throne of Sicily, and the man to do that was Henry VI. Born in 1165, Henry, son of the imposing Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice of Burgundy, was King of the Germans (from 1169) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1191).
Henry VI was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor in the latter half of the 12th Century. At its height, his realm was one of the largest ever in the empire. He was born in November 1165 in Nijmegen.
Henry VI, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily.
Henry, Holy Roman Emperor may refer to: Henry the Fowler (876 – 936), duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death; Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973 – 1024), the Holy or the Saint, 5th and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty; King of Germany and King of Italy
Henry VI, 1165–97, Holy Roman emperor (1191–97) and German king (1190–97), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa). He was crowned German king at Aachen in 1169 and king of Italy at Milan in 1186 after his.
