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Frederick I (German: Friedrich; 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick Barbarossa, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death. He was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He became King of Italy in 1155 and was crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155.
v. t. e. The Third Council of the Lateran met in Rome in March 1179. Pope Alexander III presided and 302 bishops attended. The Catholic Church regards it as the eleventh ecumenical council . By agreement reached at the Peace of Venice in 1177 the bitter conflict between Alexander III and Emperor Frederick I was brought to an end.
May 5, 2017 · The reign of Frederick, whom the Italians later called Barbarossa, ‘Redbeard’, even though he was probably dark blond, had become one of the focal points in a bitter 19th-century debate about whether the Holy Roman Emperors had served Germany well by intervening constantly in Italy. None, apart from Barbarossa’s grandson, Frederick II ...
This is the first English translation of the main contemporary accounts of the Crusade and death of the German Frederick I Barbarossa (ruled 1152-90). The most important of these, the 'History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick' was written soon after the events described, and is a crucial, and under-used source for the Third Crusade (at least in the Anglophone world). The account ...
Dec 16, 2017 · Frederick Hohenstaufen, also known as Frederick Barbarossa, became Emperor Frederick I of the Holy Roman Empire in 1152, succeeding his uncle Conrad III. With a reign that lasted until 1190, he has been remembered as not only a long-lived emperor but a successful one, who triumphed in politics, culture, and on the battlefield.
Frederick Barbarossa, born of two of Germany's most powerful families, swept to the imperial throne in a coup d'état in 1152. A leading monarch of the Middle Ages, he legalized the dualism between the crown and the princes that endured until the end of the Holy Roman Empire.
c.1123-1190. Other dates. 1152-1190 (ruled) Biography. Frederick Barbarossa (Redbeard), duke of Swabia (as Frederick III, 1147-90) and German king and Holy Roman emperor (1152-90), challenged papal authority andsought to establish German predominance in western Europe. He engaged in a long struggle with the cities of northern Italy (1154-83 ...
