Frederick I Barbarossa

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German monarch Holy Roman Emperor House of Hohenstaufen member medieval ruler

Frederick I Barbarossa was a 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor and powerful medieval ruler known for his military campaigns in Italy and efforts to assert imperial authority over the papacy and German princes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa	1
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German monarch ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ House of Hohenstaufen member ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ
associatedLegend	Kyffhäuser legend ⓘ
battle	Battle of Legnano ⓘ
birthPlace	Duchy of Swabia ⓘ Kingdom of Germany ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1122 ⓘ
child	Beatrice of Hohenstaufen ⓘ Frederick II, Duke of Swabia ⓘ surface form: Frederick V, Duke of Swabia Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Otto I, Count of Burgundy ⓘ Philip of Swabia ⓘ
conflict	Lombard League ⓘ
coronationAsHolyRomanEmperor	1155 ⓘ
coronationAsKingOfTheRomans	1152 ⓘ
coronationPlaceAsEmperor	Rome ⓘ
countryRuled	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Germany ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
deathCause	drowning ⓘ
deathDate	10 June 1190 ⓘ
deathPlace	Saleph River NERFINISHED ⓘ near Silifke ⓘ
deathRegion	Cilicia ⓘ
diedDuring	Third Crusade ⓘ
dynasty	Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hohenstaufen
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
father	Frederick II, Duke of Swabia ⓘ
fullName	Frederick I Barbarossa self-link ⓘ
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
knownFor	asserting imperial authority over German princes ⓘ conflicts with the papacy ⓘ military campaigns in Italy ⓘ participation in the Third Crusade ⓘ
legacy	figure in German national mythology ⓘ symbol of medieval German imperial power ⓘ
militaryCampaign	Italian campaigns against the Lombard cities ⓘ Third Crusade ⓘ surface form: Third Crusade expedition to the Holy Land campaigns in Burgundy ⓘ
mother	Judith of Bavaria ⓘ
nickname	Barbarossa ⓘ
nicknameMeaning	Red Beard ⓘ
opponent	Pope Alexander III ⓘ
policy	centralization of royal power in Germany ⓘ strengthening imperial authority in Italy ⓘ
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Conrad III of Germany ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorEnd	1190 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorStart	1155 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfGermanyEnd	1190 ⓘ
reignAsKingOfGermanyStart	1152 ⓘ
relationshipToConradIII	nephew ⓘ
relative	Conrad III of Germany ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resultOfBattleOfLegnano	defeat by the Lombard League ⓘ
spouse	Adelaide of Vohburg ⓘ Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy ⓘ
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
supportedAntipope	Paschal III ⓘ Victor IV ⓘ
title	Frederick I, Duke of Swabia ⓘ surface form: Duke of Swabia Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of Germany ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ King of the Romans ⓘ
treaty	Peace of Constance ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Crusade → commander → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

Duchy of Austria → establishedUnder → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa

Frederick I Barbarossa → fullName → Frederick I Barbarossa self-link ⓘ

Frederick → hasNotableBearer → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Hohenstaufen dynasty → hasTitleHolder → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

King of Italy → notableHolder → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

Hohenstaufen dynasty → notableMember → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

Holy Roman Emperor → positionHeldBy → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ

Duchy of Swabia → significantRuler → Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ