Hohenstaufen Dynasty

Download or read book Hohenstaufen Dynasty written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, House of Hohenstaufen, Conrad III of Germany, Philip of Swabia, Conradin, Frederick III of Sicily, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Constance, Queen of Sicily, Manfred, King of Sicily, Henry of Germany, Conrad IV of Germany, Bianca Lancia, Berengaria of Castile, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Isabella II of Jerusalem, Gertrude of Sulzbach, Otto of Freising, Marie of Hohenstaufen, Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Enzio of Sardinia, Beatrice of Hohenstaufen, Anna of Hohenstaufen, Margaret of Sicily, Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Sicily, Irene Angelina, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Agnes of Germany, Adelheid of Vohburg, Helena Angelina Doukaina, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria, Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, Gertrude of Comburg, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, Henry Berengar, Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy, Joan I, Countess of Burgundy, Frederick V, Duke of Swabia. Excerpt: Frederick II (26 December 1194 - 13 December 1250), was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous. However, his enemies, especially the popes, prevailed, and his dynasty collapsed soon after his death. Historians have searched for superlatives to describe him, as in the case of Professor Detwiler, who wrote: A man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability -- called by a contemporary chronicler stupor mundi (the wonder of the world), by Nietzsche the first European, and by many historians the first modern ruler -- Frederick established in...