Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Holy Roman Emperor House of Hohenstaufen member King of Germany King of Jerusalem King of Sicily human medieval ruler

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was a powerful and culturally influential 13th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Sicily, renowned for his intellectual pursuits, legal reforms, and conflicts with the papacy.

Aliases (3)

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holy Roman Emperor → House of Hohenstaufen member → King of Germany → King of Jerusalem → King of Sicily → human → medieval ruler →
alliedWith	Ghibellines →
alsoKnownAs	Astonishment of the World → Puer Apuliae → Stupor mundi →
authored	De arte venandi cum avibus →
birthDate	1194-12-26 →
birthPlace	Jesi → Kingdom of Sicily → Marche →
burialPlace	Cathedral of Palermo →
child	Conrad IV of Germany → Enzio of Sardinia → Henry (VII) of Germany → Manfred, King of Sicily → Margaret of Sicily → Violante of Sicily →
conflictWith	Lombard League → Papacy →
coronationAsHolyRomanEmperorPlace	Rome →
crownedHolyRomanEmperorBy	Pope Honorius III →
culturalCenter	Palermo court →
deathDate	1250-12-13 →
deathPlace	Apulia → Castel Fiorentino → Kingdom of Sicily →
deposedBy	First Council of Lyon →
era	High Middle Ages →
excommunicatedBy	Pope Gregory IX → Pope Innocent IV →
father	Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor →
founded	University of Naples Federico II →
foundedInYear	1224 →
fullName	Frederick II Hohenstaufen →
house	House of Hohenstaufen →
interestedIn	falconry → natural science → philosophy →
issued	Constitutions of Melfi → Liber Augustalis →
knownFor	conflicts with the papacy → legal reforms in the Kingdom of Sicily → multilingualism → participation in the Sixth Crusade → patronage of science and learning → religious tolerance policies →
languageSpoken	Arabic → German → Greek → Italian → Latin → Sicilian →
led	Sixth Crusade →
mother	Constance of Sicily →
negotiatedWith	Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt →
notableFor	correspondence with scholars of the Islamic world → employment of Muslim officials in Sicily → use of Roman law in administration →
opposedBy	Guelphs →
patronOf	University of Naples Federico II →
politicalGoal	centralization of royal authority in Sicily → strengthening imperial power in Italy →
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor →
predecessorAsKingOfSicily	Constance of Sicily →
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorEnd	1250 →
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorStart	1220 →
reignAsKingOfGermanyEnd	1250 →
reignAsKingOfGermanyStart	1212 →
reignAsKingOfJerusalemEnd	1228 →
reignAsKingOfJerusalemStart	1225 →
reignAsKingOfSicilyEnd	1250 →
reignAsKingOfSicilyStart	1198 →
religion	Catholic Church →
resultOfSixthCrusade	peaceful recovery of Jerusalem for Christians →
spouse	Bianca Lancia → Constance of Aragon → Isabella II of Jerusalem → Isabella of England →
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Conrad IV of Germany →
successorAsKingOfSicily	Conrad IV of Germany →
supported	Sicilian School of poetry →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Council of Lyon → Pope Innocent IV →	deposed
First Council of Lyon →	addressedConflictWith
Pope Innocent IV →	conflict
Sinibaldo Fieschi →	conflictWith
Pope Innocent IV →	excommunicated
University of Naples Federico II →	foundedBy
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ("Frederick II Hohenstaufen") →	fullName
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II") →	grantedBy
King of Sicily →	hasHolder
Frederick →	hasNotableBearer
Hohenstaufen dynasty →	hasTitleHolder
First Council of Lyon →	issuedSentenceOfDepositionAgainst
University of Naples Federico II →	namedAfter
King of Italy →	notableHolder
Hohenstaufen dynasty →	notableMember
Kingdom of Sicily →	notableRuler
Holy Roman Emperor ("Frederick II") →	positionHeldBy
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress →	spouse