Gilbert De L'Aigle Seigneur of Laigle
Listed as tenant in England in Domesday Book, 1086[91502.ftw]
Listed as tenantin England in Domesday Book, 1086
Alias:<ALIA> /Juliana/
Jayme I De Aragon King of Aragon
Alias:<ALIA> The /Conqueror/
Like his grandfather, ascended to the crown at the age of five. The
country was governed by a regency until he became of age.His uncle,
Count of Provence, managed the finances and paid off his father's debts.
He later became known for leading military campaigns that captured
Majorca and the other Balearic islands, as well as Valencia, from the
Moors
Alias:<ALIA> /De Souabe/
Frederick I Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor
Alias:<ALIA> /Barbarossa/
Drowned in the Calycadnus River in Cilicia, Turkey
Frederick I Barbarossa (Red Beard), Duke of Swabia, born in 1122, died in
1190, Roman Emperor, 1152-1190. He was a nephew of Conrad III A German
king, hisrule marked a happy and prosperous time in Germany.
Frederick I (Holy RomanEmpire), 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 unclein 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 overa mounted army of feudal knights. After
the defeat, Frederick acceded to thedemands 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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Alias:<ALIA> The Black /Duke/
Henry VI Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI, Emperor (1190-1197), married, in Milan, Constance, a Norman
princess, daughter of Roger II, Count of Sicily, Duke of Apulias, 1127,
King, 1130,died in 1154, heiress to the throne of William II, King of
Southern Italy andSicily, or as it came to be called, the Kingdom of the
Two Sicilies. She died in 1198. During reign of Henry VI both in idea and
in fact the Holy Roman Empire may be said to have reached its medieval
height. He died suddenly at Palermo in September, 1197, at the age of
thirty-two.