Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · Germany

Frederick Barbarossa

c. 1122–1190

Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190, born about 1122, king of Germany from 1152. He spent his reign asserting imperial authority over the Lombard cities of Italy and the papacy, and was defeated by the Lombard League at Legnano in 1176. He drowned on the Third Crusade in 1190, and legend says he sleeps in the Kyffhauser mountain.

Facts

Born: About 1122.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick I
Died: 1190, drowned in the Saleph river on crusade.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick I
Reign: King 1152 to 1190; emperor 1155 to 1190.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick I
Realm: The Holy Roman Empire.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick I
Known for: Legnano (1176), the struggle with the papacy, and the Third Crusade.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick I

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Frederick Barbarossa, from a medieval manuscript (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountryGermany1990–

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