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Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152.
The Letter on the Death of the Emperor Frederick [2] (Latin: Epistola de morte Friderici imperatoris) is an anonymous Latin newsletter about the sudden death of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa on 10 June 1190 during the Third Crusade. The letter was written by an eyewitness before the crusader army arrived at Antioch on 19 June.
Frederick died in Berlin in 1713 and is entombed in the Berlin Cathedral. [citation needed] His grandson, Frederick the Great, referred to Frederick I as "the mercenary king", due to the fact that he greatly profited from the hiring of his Prussian troops to defend other territories, such as in northern Italy against the French. [11] "All in ...
Modern tomb slab of Agnes in Speyer Cathedral. Agnes (1179 – 8 October 1184) was a princess of the House of Hohenstaufen.She was the youngest child of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Beatrice of Burgundy.
The crusade of Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, was "the most meticulously planned and organized" yet. [20] Frederick was sixty-six years old when he set out. [21] Two accounts dedicated to his expedition survive: the History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and the History of the Pilgrims.
Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) Frederick I, Count of Zollern (died 1125) Frederick I (archbishop of Cologne) (1075–1171) Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122–1190), "Frederick Barbarossa"
May 11 – Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) sets out from Regensburg, at the head of a German expeditionary force (some 15,000 men, including 4,000 knights).He has ensured that his lands are safe while he is away on crusade and leaves his son Henry VI in charge of the country.
Frederick William died in 1740 at age 51 and was interred at the Garrison Church in Potsdam. During World War II, in order to protect it from advancing allied forces, Hitler ordered the king's coffin, as well as those of Frederick the Great and Paul von Hindenburg , into hiding, first to Berlin and later to a salt mine outside of Bernterode .