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    How Frederick Barbarossa Ruled the Holy Roman Empire
    How Frederick Barbarossa Ruled the Holy Roman Empire
    Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was one of the most powerful and influential rulers of medieval Europe. He became the king of Germany in 1152 and the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1155.
    Biography

    Frederick was born in mid-December 1122 in Haguenau, to Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and Judith of Bavaria. His father was from the Hohenstaufen family, and his mother was from the Welf family, the two most powerful fa… See more

    BornMid-December 1122 · Haguenau, Duchy of Swabia, Kingdom of Germany · (modern-day France)
    Died10 June 1190 (aged 67) · Saleph River, Cilician Armenia · (modern-day Göksu River, Silifke, Turkey)
    SpousesAdelheid of Vohburg · (m. 1147; ann. 1153) · Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy · (m. 1156; died 1184)
    FatherFrederick II, Duke of Swabia
    Frederick and the Justinian code

    The increase in wealth of the trading cities of northern Italy led to a revival in the study of the Justinian Code, a Latin legal system that had become extinct centuries earlier. Legal scholars renewed its application. It is speculated … See more

    Economic policy

    Frederick did little to encourage economic development in Germany prior to the autumn of 1165. In that year he visited the lower Rhineland, the most economically advanced region in Germany. He had already tra… See more

    Cultural depictions

    Otto of Freising, Frederick's uncle, wrote an account of his reign entitled Gesta Friderici I imperatoris (Deeds of the Emperor Frederick), which is considered to be an accurate history of the king. Otto's other major work… See more

    Children

    Frederick's first marriage, to Adelheid of Vohburg, did not produce any children and was annulled.
    From his second marriage to Beatrice of Burgundy, he had the following children:
    1. … See more

    See also

    • German monarchs family tree
    • Dukes of Swabia family tree
    • Operation Barbarossa, the codename of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, named after the emperor by Hitler … See more

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