Frederick I "Barbarossa" 
Frederick I was born in 1122 in Swaben, Bavaria. Frederick I's father was Friedrich and his mother was Judith von Bavaria. His paternal grandparents were Friedrich and Princess of the Holy Roman Empire Agnes; his maternal grandparents were Heinrich III "The Wolf" and Wulfhilda von Saxony. He had a sister named Bertha Judith of. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Konrad and Duchess of Swabia. He died at the age of 68 on June 10th, 1190 in Drowned in the Calycadnus (Göksu) River in Cilicia, Turkey.General Notes
Frederick I (Holy Roman Empire), called Frederick Barbarossa (1123?-1190), Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany (1152-1190) and king of Italy (1155-1190). He was born in Waiblingen, the nephew of King Conrad III of Germany. After the death of his uncle in 1152, Frederick Barbarossa was made German king and elected Holy Roman emperor.
From the 1150s to the 1170s Frederick was occupied with asserting his power in Italy. He fought with popes Adrian IV and Alexander III, and also with the Lombards. The Lombard League, consisting of the cities of Milan, Parma, Padua, Verona, Piacenza, Bologna, Cremona, Mantua, Bergamo, and Brescia, was formed in 1167 and acknowledged Pope Alexander as its leader. In 1176 Frederick was defeated by the Lombard League at Legnano. The defeat was significant in military history because it was the first major triumph of infantry over a mounted army of feudal knights. After the defeat, Frederick acceded to the demands of the Lombards for autonomy but retained imperial suzerainty over the towns.
Meanwhile, Frederick made Poland tributary to the Holy Roman Empire, raised Bohemia to the rank of a kingdom, and made Austria into an independent hereditary duchy. He also consolidated his power in Germany. Frederick initiated the Third Crusade in 1189, and the next year he set out for Asia Minor. After gaining two victories over the Muslims, he was drowned in the Calycadnus (now Göksu) River in Cilicia (now in Turkey).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1015 in Buren, Germany d.1094
- b.~ 1050 in Hohenstaufen, Swabia, Bavaria d.06 Apr 1105
- b.0987 in Swabia, Bavaria
- b.1017 in Swabia, Bavaria d.1095
- b.1090 in Hohenstaufen, Swabia, Bavaria d.06 Apr 1147
- b.0990 in Saxony, Germany d.04 Jun 1039 in Utrecht, Neatherlands
- b.28 Oct 1017 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.05 Oct 1056
- b.11 NOV 999 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.14 FEB 1041/42
- b.11 Nov 1050 in Goslar, Brunswick, Germany d.07 Aug 1106 in Luttich, Germany
- b.0975 in Poitiers, Aquitaine, France d.31 JAN 1029/30
- b.~ 1020 in Aquitaine, France d.14 Dec 1077
- b.~ 0995 in Bourgogne, France d.10 Nov 1068
- b.~ 1073 in Klosterneuburg, Niederhosterreich, Austria d.24 Sep 1143
- b.~ 1000 in Maurienne, Savoie, France d.1048 in Maurienne, Savoie, France
- b.~ 1021 in Maurienne, Savoie, France d.19 JAN 1059/60
- b.~ 0975
- b.21 Sep 1051 in Maurienne, Savoie, France d.27 Dec 1087
- b.~ 0989 in Torino, Italy
- b.~ 1020 in Sousa, Torino, Italy d.19 Dec 1091
- b.1122 in Swaben, Bavaria d.10 Jun 1190 in Drowned in the Calycadnus (Göksu) River in Cilicia, Turkey
- b.~ 0979 in Este, Bavaria d.1015
- b.10 Jul 1009 in Este, Bavaria d.1047
- b.~ 0975 in Venice, Italy
- b.1036 in Este, Bavaria d.06 Nov 1101
- b.~ 0972 d.10 MAR 1029/30
- b.1012 d.21 MAR 1043/44
- b.~ 0990 in Luxembourg, Belgium d.1055
- b.1074 in Este, Bavaria d.13 Dec 1126 in Ravensburg, Donau, Wuerttemberg, Germany
- b.~ 0961 in Flanders, France d.30 MAR 987
- b.~ 0986 in Flandres, France d.30 May 1035 in Flandres, France
- b.~ 0950 in Ivrea, Italy d.26 JAN 1002/03
- b.~ 1030 in Flanders, Belgium d.4 MAR 1093/94
- b.~ 0958 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, France
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.1100 in Este, Bavaria d.22 FEB 1124/25
- b.< 1011 in Saxony, Germany d.29 Jun 1059
- b.~ 1020 in Saxe, Prussia d.28 Mar 1072
- b.< 1017 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria d.1059
- b.~ 1045 in Saxe, Prussia d.23 Aug 1106
- b.0992 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway d.29 Jul 1030 in Stiklestad, Norway
- b.~ 1020 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway d.24 Apr 1070
- b.0999 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1075 in Saxe, Prussia d.29 Dec 1126 in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland
- b.~ 0978 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.< 1038
- b.~ 1008 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.~ 1063
- b.~ 0984 in Kiev, Ukraine
- b.~ 1044 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.18 Jun 1095
- b.0990 in Krakbow, Poland d.10 May 1034
- b.~ 1020 in Krakbow, Poland
- b.~ 0995 d.31 Mar 1063 in Saalfeld
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Frederick I and Beatrix were married in a religious ceremony on June 16th, 1156. They had five sons and two daughters, named Frederick, Heinrich VI, Otto, Konrad II, Philip II, Beatrice and Agnes.
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Children
Heinrich VI von Hohenstaufen
Heinrich VI was born in November 1165 in Nijmegen, Germany. He died at the age of 32 in 1197.
Philip II von Hohenstaufen
Philip II was born in 1176 in Schwaben, Bavaria. He died at the age of 32 on June 21st, 1208 in Murdered at Bamberg, Oberfranken, Bavaria, by Otto of Wittlesbach.
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