Europe · High and late Middle Ages
House of Hohenstaufen
drawn on the map 1260–1271
The Swabian Hohenstaufen (Staufer) were Holy Roman Emperors whose Italian and Sicilian ambitions dominated 12th–13th century Italy. Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155–1190) fought the northern Italian communes of the Lombard League, suffering defeat at Legnano (1176) and conceding communal autonomy at the Peace of Constance (1183).
- Shown on the map
- 1260–1271
- Peak area
- 51k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The Swabian Hohenstaufen (Staufer) were Holy Roman Emperors whose Italian and Sicilian ambitions dominated 12th–13th century Italy. Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155–1190) fought the northern Italian communes of the Lombard League, suffering defeat at Legnano (1176) and conceding communal autonomy at the Peace of Constance (1183). His grandson Frederick II united the empire with the Kingdom of Sicily and waged prolonged war against the Papacy and the Lombard communes. After Frederick II's death (1250), the dynasty collapsed: his son Manfred was defeated and killed by Charles of Anjou at the Battle of Benevento (1266), and Frederick's grandson Conradin was defeated at the Battle of Tagliacozzo (1268) and publicly executed at Naples (29 October 1268), extinguishing the male line and ending Hohenstaufen rule in the south.
Common questions
- What was the House of Hohenstaufen?
- The Swabian Hohenstaufen (Staufer) were Holy Roman Emperors whose Italian and Sicilian ambitions dominated 12th–13th century Italy. Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155–1190) fought the northern Italian communes of the Lombard League, suffering defeat at Legnano (1176) and conceding communal autonomy at the Peace of Constance (1183).
- When is the House of Hohenstaufen shown on the map?
- The border data draws the House of Hohenstaufen 1260–1271. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the House of Hohenstaufen?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the House of Hohenstaufen covered about 51,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Hohenstaufen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenstaufen
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