Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance

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The Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance was a 13th-century political and marital union linking the German imperial Hohenstaufen dynasty with the English royal House of Plantagenet to strengthen their mutual influence in European affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic alliance
marital alliance
political alliance
aim consolidate imperial and royal authority
counterbalance Capetian power in France
strengthen mutual influence in European affairs
characteristic based on dynastic marriages
influenced by papal diplomacy
involved cross-Channel diplomacy
linked imperial and English royal succession interests
dissolvedBy changing priorities of English monarchy
decline and fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
intensification of papal opposition to the Hohenstaufen
endTime mid-13th century
hasPart diplomatic cooperation between the Holy Roman Empire and the Angevin Empire
marriage negotiations involving Frederick II and English royal kin
marriage of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
location Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
Western Europe NERFINISHED
participant Constance of Sicily NERFINISHED
Eleanor of Aquitaine NERFINISHED
Emperor Otto IV of Brunswick NERFINISHED
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Henry II of England NERFINISHED
Henry III of England NERFINISHED
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Henry the Lion NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
House of Hohenstaufen NERFINISHED
House of Plantagenet NERFINISHED
King John of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Richard I of England NERFINISHED
politicalContext Anglo-French rivalry in the High Middle Ages
papal-imperial conflict in the 13th century
struggle between Hohenstaufen and Welf factions in the Holy Roman Empire
relatedTo Angevin Empire NERFINISHED
Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries NERFINISHED
Guelphs and Ghibellines NERFINISHED
Hohenstaufen–Welf rivalry
House of Anjou NERFINISHED
result heightened papal concern over imperial-English cooperation
increased Plantagenet involvement in continental politics
temporary alignment of English and imperial policies
startTime early 13th century
timePeriod 13th century

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Philip, son of Frederick II and Isabella of England associatedWith Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance