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  1. Philip Of Swabia

    Philip of Swabia (1177-June 21, 1208) was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV.

  2. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. As such, he was King of Germany, and of Italy, and of Burgundy. He was Holy Roman Emperor from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death. His original title was King of Sicily, which he held as Frederick I from 1198 to death.

  3. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 - 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy at Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155. He was crowned King of Burgundy at Arles on 30 June 1178. Before his royal election, he was by inheritance Duke of Swabia (1147-1152, as Frederick III). He was the son of Duke Frederick II of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.

  4. Constance Of Sicily

    Constance of Sicily (1154 - November 27, 1198) was the heiress of the Norman kings of Sicily and the wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was Queen of Sicily 1194-1198, jointly with her husband from 1194-1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1198.

  5. Conrad IV of Germany

    Conrad IV (25 April, 1228 - 21 May, 1254) was king of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) (1228-1254), of Germany (1237-1254), and of Sicily (as Conrad I) (1250-1254). He was a son of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II and the queen regnant of Jerusalem, Yolanda. Born in Andria, Conrad was the second but only surviving son of Frederick and Yolanda, who died while bearing him. Conrad lived in Italy until 1235, when he first visited Germany.

  6. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry VI (November 1165 - 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from 1194 to 1197.

  7. Manfred Of Sicily

    Manfred (c. 1232 - February 26, 1266), King of Sicily from 1258, was an illegitimate son of the emperor Frederick II by Bianca Lancia, or Lanzia, who is reported on somewhat slender evidence to have been married to the emperor just before her death.

  8. Conradin

    Conrad or Conradin of Hohenstaufen (also called Conrad the Younger, Conradin the Boy, Conrad V, German Konradin or Konrad V, or Konrad der Jüngere) (March 25, 1252 - October 29, 1268), duke of Swabia, king of Jerusalem (as Conrad III), and King of Sicily 1254-1258, 1268, son of the German king Conrad IV, and of Elisabeth of Bavaria, …

  9. House Of Hohenstaufen

    The Hohenstaufen (or the Staufer(s)) were a dynasty of Germanic Kings (1138-1254), many of whom were also crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Dukes of Swabia. In 1194 the Hohenstaufen became also Kings of Sicily. The proper name, taken from their castle in Swabia, is Staufen. Therefore the dynasty is sometimes also called Swabian dynasty after the family's origin.

  10. Frederick I, Duke of Swabia

    Frederick I von Staufen (1050-July 21 1105) was Duke of Swabia from 1079 to his death. He was the first ruler of Swabia of the House of Hohenstaufen. In 1089, Frederick married Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. They had several sons and daughters, amongst whom were: * Frederick II of Swabia (1090-1147), the father of Frederick Barbarossa * Conrad III, king of Germany (1093-1152)

  11. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia

    Frederick II (1090 - 6 April 1147), called the One-Eyed, was duke of Swabia. He was the eldest son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, and Agnes of Germany. He succeeded his father in 1105. In 1121 he married Judith of Bavaria, a member of the powerful House of Guelph. On the death of Emperor Henry V, his uncle, Frederick stood for election as King of the Romans with the support of his younger brother Conrad, duke of Franconia and several houses.

  12. Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia

    Frederick IV of Hohenstaufen (1145 - 1167) was duke of Swabia, succeeding his cousin, Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1152. He was the son of Conrad III of Germany and his second wife Gertrude von Sulzbach and thus the direct heir of the crown, had there been true heredity. However, on his death bed, Conrad III allegedly advised the only two persons present, his nephew Frederick Barbarossa and the bishop of Bamberg, …

  13. Conrad II, Duke of Swabia

    Conrad II, German: Konrad II von Hohenstaufen was duke of Swabia from 1191 to his death and Duke of Rothenburg (1188-1191). He was the fifth son of Frederick III Barbarossa and Beatrice, Countess of Burgundy and brother of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He was engaged to Berenguela of Castile but died before they could be married. In 1191, Conrad was present in Rome for the coronation of his brother, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

  14. Otto Of Freising

    Otto von Freising (Otto Frisingensis was a German bishop and chronicler.

  15. Frederick V, Duke of Swabia

    Frederick V of Hohenstaufen was duke of Swabia from 1167 to his death still young. He was the eldest son of Frederick III Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. See also: Dukes of Swabia family tree – Other child rulers

  16. Bianca Lancia

    Bianca Lancia d'Agliano (also called Beatrice; c. 1200 - c. 1233) was an Italian noblewoman, who was mistress and (according to some historians) wife of emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. She was the mother of Manfred of Sicily. Bianca was a member of the Lancia (or Lanza) family of Piedmont, so-called since her ancestor Manfred had been "lancifer" of emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

  17. Yolande Of Jerusalem

    Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, became Queen of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. She was the only child of Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, and John of Brienne. Maria was the daughter of Queen Isabella of Jerusalem by her second husband Conrad I, and heiress, on her mother's death, of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Because John did not have a direct claim on the throne, …

  18. Isabella Of England

    Princess Isabella of England, also called Elizabeth (1214 - December 1, 1241) was a daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angouleme. It was at a friendly meeting at Rieti where Pope Gregory IX suggested to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor that he marry Princess Isabella, a sister of Henry III of England.

  19. Agnes Of Germany

    Agnes of Germany (1072 - September 24, 1143), was the daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bertha of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Otto, Count of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana and Adelaide, Marchioness of Turin and Susa. Agnes married firstly, in 1089, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia. They had several sons and daughters, amongst whom were Frederick II of Swabia (1090 - 1147) (the father of Frederick Barbarossa) and Conrad III of Germany (1093 - 1152).

  20. Adelheid Of Vohburg

    Adelheid of Vohburg (1122 - 1190) was the first Queen consort of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.

  21. Enzio Of Sardinia

    Enzio or Enzo (Italianisation of Heinz, diminutive of Heinrich) (circa 1224 - 1272) was an Italian nobleman, general, and King of Sardinia. Born at Palermo, he was an illegitimate son of the Emperor Frederick II by Adelaide. Enzio was the eldest of the illegitimate sons of Frederick, and allegedly the favourite one. He had a pleasant personality and a strong physical resemblance to his father.

  22. Otto I, Count of Burgundy

    Otto I (between 1167 and 1171 - January 13 1200) was the Count of Burgundy from 1190 to his death and briefly Count of Luxembourg from 1196 to 1197. He was the fourth son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. When Henry IV of Luxembourg died in 1196, that county escheated to the Emperor and Henry VI enfeoffed his brother Otto. Theobald I of Bar, who had married Ermesinda, heiress of Henry IV, …

  23. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy

    Beatrice of Burgundy (died November 15, 1184) Beatrice was the only daughter of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy and Agatha of Lorraine. She was the second wife and Empress of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Her maternal grandparents were Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide. Beatrice was active at the Hohenstaufen court, encouraging literary works and chivalric ideals. She accompanied her husband on his travels and campaigns across his kingdom, …

  24. Conrad Of Hohenstaufen

    Conrad of Hohenstaufen (born probably 1134/1136; died 8 November 1195) was the first hereditary Count Palatine of the Rhine.

  25. Irene Angelina

    Irene Angelina (1181 - 1208) was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos by his first wife Herina. In 1193 she married Roger III of Sicily, but he died on 24 December, 1193. Irene was captured in the German invasion of Sicily, on 29 December, 1194, and was married on 25 May, 1197 to Philip of Swabia. In Germany, she was renamed "Maria". Her father, who had been deposed in 1195, urged her to get Philip's support for his reinstatement; her brother, …

  26. Gertrude von Sulzbach

    Gertrude of Sulzbach (German: "Gertrud von Sulzbach") (c. 1114 - 14 April 1146 in Hersfeld) was Queen of the Romans and German Queen. She was the second wife of Conrad III of Germany.

  27. Margaret Of Sicily

    Margaret of Sicily, (Margarethe von Hohenstaufen), Imperial Princess and Margravine of Meissen, was the eldest -according to some sources she was born in 1241 and, in consequence, was the youngest and not the oldest- legitimate daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, by his third wife, Isabella of England. Her paternal grandparents were Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Constance of Sicily.

  28. Helena Angelina Doukaina

    Helena Angelina Doukaina (c. 1242 - 1271) was the second wife but only Queen consort of Manfred of Sicily.

  29. Constantia Of Sicily

    Constantia or Constance (1249 - 9 April, 1302) was the Queen consort of Peter III of Aragon.

  30. Berenguela Of Castile

    Berenguela (or Berengaria, was briefly queen of Castile and León. The eldest daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonora of England, she was briefly engaged to Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, but he was murdered in 1196 before they could be married. Berenguela married Alfonso IX of Leon of León in 1198, but this was annulled in 1204 by Pope Innocent III because they were second cousins.

  31. Gertrud von Komburg

    Gertrud von Komburg (d. 1130/1131) was the first Queen consort of Conrad III of Germany.

  32. Henry Berengar

    Henry Berengar (d.c.1150) was the eldest legitimate son of Conrad III of Germany and his second wife Gertrude von Sulzbach. He is sometimes numbered as Henry VI, the numeral he would have had had he succeeded to the kingship in full. He was named after his father's maternal grandfather, the Emperor Henry IV, and his mother's father, Count Berengar II of Sulzbach. Conrad named Henry as co-king in March 1147 and had him crowned on 30 March in Aachen.

  33. Conrad III of Germany III of Germany

    Conrad III (1093 - 15 February 1152) was the first King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He was the son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, and Agnes, a daughter of the Salian Emperor Henry IV. Conrad was appointed Duke of Franconia by his uncle, Henry V, in 1115. One year later he acted as regent for Germany, together with his elder brother, Frederick II of Swabia. At the death of Henry (1125), Conrad unsuccessfully supported Frederick for the kingship of Germany.

  34. Elisabeth Of Hohenstaufen

    Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (called "Beatriz de Suabia" in Spanish) (1203 - Toro, 1235), Queen of Castile 1219-1235, Queen of Leon 1230-1235. She was daughter of Philip, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and Irene Angelina, daughter of Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantine Empire. After the death of Philip, she became the ward of her cousin, Frederick, King of Sicily (later Emperor Frederick II); he then married her to Ferdinand III, …

  35. Henry of Germany

    Henry (VII) (1211 - February 12 (?), 1242), was King of the Romans, King of Sicily, and Duke of Swabia. He was the son and co-king of Emperor Frederick II and elder brother of King Conrad IV of Germany.

  36. Elisabeth Of Bavaria Queen of Germany

    Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (Landshut, c. 1227 - 9 October, 1273) was the Queen consort of Conrad IV of Germany.

  37. Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria

    Leopold IV, "the Generous" (c. 1108-October 18, 1141) was Margrave of Austria from 1136 and Duke of Bavaria from 1139 until his death. He was one of the younger sons of Margrave Leopold III, the Holy. It is not known why he was originally preferred to his brothers Adalbert and Henry Jasomirgott. Through his mother Agnes, he was related to the Hohenstaufen. In the course of their struggle against the competing Welfen family, …

  38. Constance II of Hohenstaufen

    Constance II of Hohenstaufen, also known as Constance II of Sicily and Ann of Sicily was the daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Bianca Lancia. In 1250 she married John III Doukas Vatatzes Emperor of Nicaea. She died in Valencia, Spain.

  39. Empress Beatrice Of Hohenstaufen

    Beatrice of Hohenstaufen (1198 - 11 August, 1212) was the first Queen consort of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

  40. Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy

    Joanna I, Countess of Burgundy was Countess of Burgundy, daughter of Otto I, Count of Burgundy and Margaret of Blois and great-granddaughter of Louis VII. Born in 1191, Joanna was Countess from the time of her father's assassination at Besançon in 1197 until her own death in 1205, whereupon her sister, along with spouse, Beatrice and Otto of Andechs and Moravia (later Otto II of Burgundy) respectively, succeeded her.

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