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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 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 scene of death of Frederick Barbarossa. Fol. 107r in Peter of Eboli (1195-1197's De Rebus Sicilis ). Bern, Stadtbibliothek, 120 II.Photograph Index of Medieval Art. Because Barbarossa died without confessing, the artist purposely portrayed the emperor’s soul as an innocent child raised aloft by an angel who delivered him to the Hand of God.
Barbarossa Memorial (without statue). Bilingual inscription. Barbarossa drowns in Göksu River from Sächsische Weltchronik (c. 1280) Frederick Barbarossa Memorial (Turkish: Frederik Barbaros Anıtı) is a monument dedicated to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I located in Mersin Province, southern Turkey. "Death of Frederick of Germany" by Gustave ...
Shortly after ending his recital with a bow, he collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene. [ 201 ] [ 202 ] The circumstances of his death were covered up by military officials so as not to further inflame public outrage over the Eulenburg affair , a government scandal dealing with accusations of homosexual behavior against members of the ...
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 incident of the death of Emperor Frederick, while on the Third Crusade, is a key element of the plot. This part involves an element of secret history – the book asserts that Emperor Frederick had not drowned in a river, as history records, but died mysteriously at night while hosted at the castle of a sinister Armenian noble.
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.