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which makes him forget all his earthly power, and neither riches nor royal dignity
can outweigh his yearning for that lady (ê ich mich ir verzige, ich verzige mich ê der
krône – before I give her up, I’d rather give up the crown).
Henry tried unsuccessfully in 1196 to make the imperial crown hereditary in the
Hohenstaufen family. He did, however, succeed in securing the eventual succession
of his son Frederick as Emperor Frederick II. Henry was succeeded by Otto
IV (of Brunswick).
Wife Constance
Constance had one goal: to rebuild Sicily as a Norman kingdom, to ensure their
independence while maintaining the legacy to his son. Constance in Palermo led
his son Frederick of three years and on Pentecost Sunday in 1198 it was crowned
King of Sicily in the cathedral. Palermo was a day of great hope, a day of pumps
byzantine, recalling the memories of the great weather Norman kings. In the same
year, fourteen months after the death of her husband, Constance also died. In his
will, it appointed Pope Innocent III regent of Sicily and guardian of the child,
something for which the Pope would get annually in compensation, a sum of thirty
talents.
But already the opponents were plotting in the shadows. Marcovaldo of Anweiler
and other German leaders had not resigned; much less have left the kingdom.
Marcovaldo declared that the Emperor had sent him the regency of Sicily, and
occupied the island with his mercenaries. In subsequent years, this regime of terror
pushed Sicily toward anarchy, while Frederick was growing in an adverse
environment, "subject to protection servile sheep among wolves", as stated in a
letter addressed to the principles of the Earth in June 1201.
FREDERICK II HOHENSTAUFEN, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
(December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250)
King of Sicily (Frederick I), 1198 - King of the Romans 1196 -
King of Germany 1215 - King of Jerusalem 1229 - Emperor of
Italy 1220 -1250
His coat of arms in Sicily has a silver field with a black eagle
crowned: Royal Crown
The story of the life and death of the Emperor Frederick II has all the dramatic
interest of a great tragedy. The "child of Apulia," the son of a Sicilian-Norman
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