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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 Battle of Iconium (sometimes referred as the Battle of Konya) took place on May 18, 1190, during the Third Crusade, in the expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to the Holy Land. As a result, Iconium , the capital city of the Sultanate of Rûm under Kilij Arslan II , fell to the Imperial forces.
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.
According to Henry of Huntington, while visiting relatives, the English king ate too many lampreys against his physician's advice, causing a pain in his gut which led to his death. [8] [12] [14] [15] John II Komnenos: 1 April 1143: The Byzantine Emperor cut himself with a poisoned arrow during a boar hunt, subsequently dying from sepsis. [16 ...
Beatrice of Swabia [1] (1162/3–1174), also spelled Beatrix, was a princess of the Staufer dynasty, a daughter of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Countess Beatrice I of Burgundy. She was born in 1162 or 1163, the first child of her parents. [2] [3] [4] She was named after her mother as her eldest brother, Frederick, was named after her father ...
Frederick I's expedition to Głogów took place when Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa launched an campaign into Poland to support Władysław II the Exile, exiled son of Bolesław III Wrymouth. The conflict centered on the defense of Głogów. Despite initial resistance, the Polish forces were overwhelmed by the German army's superior strength.
The stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm concerning Frederick Barbarossa and Charlemagne are typical of the stories told, and have been influential on many variants and subsequent adaptations. The presence of the hero is unsuspected; until some herdsman wanders into the cave, typically looking for a lost animal, and sees the hero.
Tintoretto painted the scene of Barbarossa being crowned by Pope Adrian IV, according to Giorgio Vasari. [98] Around 1552–1568, Italian artist Cristofano dell'Altissimo painted a portrait of Frederick Barbarossa. [99] In 1589, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus created the engraving The deer hunt of Frederick I Barbarossa and Ubaldino ...