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6th Crusade in 1228 (time line) 1215 - Crusaders vow to protect the Holy Land. 1227 - Frederick lands at Acre. 1227 - Frederic leaves Acre. 1228 - Sixth Crusade begins. 1229 - Frederick signs a peace treaty with the Egyptians and also Sultan Malik Al-Kamil later crowned king. 1230 - Jerusalem returned to Christians for 10 years. 1231 - Frederick excommunicated for getting in trouble with the Catholic Church. This was the third time. 1232 - Frederick returns to Europe. Fighting resumes in Jerusalem between Christians and Muslims. 1244 - A combined force of Turkish and Egyptian Muslims capture Jerusalem Read the full article |
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Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press [ See also biography by T. C. Van Cleve (1972); study by G. Masson (1957, repr. 1973). ] 1194–1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220–50) and German king (1212–20), king of Sicily (1197–1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229–50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance, heiress of Sicily. Read the full article |
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In 1196, Henry VI secured the election as German king, or emperor-elect,
for his infant son Frederick. When Henry died (1197), his brother, Philip
of Swabia, was unable to hold the German magnates to this election, but
in Sicily Constance secured Frederick’s investiture as king from
Pope Innocent III. Prior to her death (1198) Constance named the pope
as Frederick’s guardian; as a child, however, he passed from one
Sicilian faction to another. Meanwhile, in Germany, Otto of Brunswick (Otto IV) and Philip of Swabia were elected rival kings. Otto finally prevailed and was crowned emperor (1209) at Rome, but immediately alienated the pope by attempting to reassert imperial control in Italy. His invasion of Apulia (1210) led Innocent to promote Frederick’s coronation (1212) at Mainz as German king, even though this meant putting a Hohenstaufen on the imperial throne. After Otto’s defeat at Bouvines (1214) by Frederick’s French ally King Philip II, Frederick was recrowned (1215) at Aachen and took the Cross (i.e., pledged to lead a Crusade) [ Read the full article ] |
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