Henry VI, Emperor Germany

b 1165,			Frederick Hohenstauffen	>
d 1197,		Frederick I, Von Hohenstauffen, [Count of]	Hildegarde Von Hohenlohe
	Friedrich II, Duke Swabia	b 1050	Heinrich IV Emperor Germany	>
	\| b 1090	Agnes Of Franconia	Bertha, Countess Of Maurine, [Empress]	>
Friedrich I, 'Barbarossa' Holy_Roman_Empir	d 06 Apr 1147	b 1052	Guelph IV Duke Bavaria	>
\|b 1122	\|	Heinrich, Duke Of Bavaria	Judith Countess Of Northumberland	>
\|d 10 Jun 1190	Judith, Princess Of Bavaria	b 1074	Magnus, Duke Of Saxony
\|	b 1103	Ulfhide (Wolfhildis), Princess Saxony	Zsofia, Princess Of Hungary	>
Henry VI, Emperor Germany	d 22 Feb 1125	b 1076
\|Constania Of Sicily
\|m 1186	Raimond III, Count Palatine
\|	\|b 1117
Beatrix, Empress Of Holy_Roman_Empir	d 19 Jan 1148		Thierry, Duke Of Alsace_Lorraine	>
b 1122	\|	Simon I Duke Lorraine	Hedwig Countess Of Formbach	>
d 15 Nov 1184	Agatha Princess Of Lorraine	b 1072	Gebhard Supplinburg, [Count of]	>
	b 1119	Adelheid De Louvain
	d 1147	b 1074

Notes

Henry VI, Emperor Of Germany a member of the Hohenstaufen family, succeeded his father, Frederick Barbarossa, in 1190. His marriage to Constance of Sicily gave him a claim to her kingdom. He also collected a large ransom from King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, who was a prisoner of the duke of Austria. Henry strengthened his position in Italy through the aged Pope Celestine III. He also laid plans to keep the imperial throne in the Hohenstaufen family and to take Jerusalem as the start of a new crusade. But these projects ended suddenly when Henry died at 32.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p H182.

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