See also:CONRADIN, or See also:CONRAD THE YOUNGER (1252–1268)
, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Jerusalem and See also:Sicily, son of the See also:German king See also:Conrad IV., and See also:Elizabeth, daughter of See also:Otto II. See also:duke of See also:Bavaria, was See also:born at Wolfstein in Bavaria on the 25th of See also:March 1252
.
Having lost his See also:father in 1254 he See also:grew up at the See also:court of his See also:uncle and See also:guardian, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis II. duke of Bavaria; but little is known of his See also:appearance and See also:character except that he was " beautiful as See also:Absalom, and spoke See also:good Latin." Although he had been entrusted by his father to the guardianship of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, he was pursued with relentless hatred by See also:pope See also:Innocent IV., who sought to bestow the See also:kingdom of Sicily on a See also:foreign See also:prince
.
Innocent's successor, See also:Alexander IV., continued this policy, offered the See also:Hohenstaufen lands in See also:Germany to See also:Alphonso X. king of See also:Castile, and forbade See also:Conradin's See also:election as king of the See also:Romans
.
Having assumed the See also:title of king of Jerusalem and Sicily, Conradin took See also:possession of the duchy of See also:Swabia in 1262, and remained for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in his dukedom
.
Conradin's first invitation to See also:Italy came from the Guelphs of See also:Florence, by whom he was asked to take arms against See also:Manfred, who had been crowned king of Sicily in 1258
.
This invitation was refused by Louis on his See also:nephew's behalf, but after Manfred's fall in 1266 envoys from the Ghibelline cities came to Bavaria and urged him to come and See also:free Italy
.
Pledging his lands, he crossed the See also:Alps and issued a manifesto at See also:Verona setting forth his claim on Sicily
.
Notwithstanding the defection of his uncle Louis and other companions who returned to Germany, the threatenings of Pope See also:Clement IV., and lack of funds, his cause seemed to prosper
.
Proclaimed king of Sicily, his partisans both in the See also:north and See also:south of Italy took up arms; his See also:envoy was received with See also:enthusiasm in See also:Rome; and the See also:young king himself was welcomed at See also:Pavia and See also:Pisa
.
In See also:November 1267 he was ex-communicated; but his See also:fleet was victorious over that of See also:Charles duke of See also:Anjou, who had taken possession of Sicily on Manfred's See also:death; and in See also:July 1268 he was himself greeted with immense enthusiasm at Rome
.
Having strengthened his forces, he marched towards See also:Lucera to join the See also:Saracens
.
On the 23rd of See also:August 1268 he encountered the troops of Charles at See also:Tagliacozzo, but the eagerness of his soldiers to obtain See also:plunder gave the victory to the See also:French
.
Escaping from the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field of See also:battle Conradin reached Rome, but acting on See also:advice to leave the See also:city he reached See also:Astura, where he was seized and handed over to Charles of Anjou
.
At See also:Naples he was tried as a traitor, and on the 29th of See also:October was beheaded with his friend and See also:companion See also:Frederick
of See also:Baden, titular duke of See also:Austria
.
With his death the Hohenstaufen See also:race became See also:extinct
.
His remains, with those of Frederick of Baden, still See also:rest in the church of the monastery of See also:Santa Maria del See also:Carmine at Naples, founded by his See also:mother for the good of his soul; and here in 1847 a See also:marble statue, by See also:Thorwaldsen, was erected to his memory by See also:Maximilian, See also:crown prince of Bavaria
.
In the See also:great 14th See also:century " Manesse " MS
.
(c) collection of See also:medieval German lyrics, preserved at See also:Heidelberg, there are two songs written by Conradin, and his See also:fate has formed the subject of several dramas
.
See F
.
W
.
Schirrmacher, See also:Die letzten Hohenstaufen (See also:Gottingen, 1871); K
.
Hampe, Geschichte Konradins von Hohenstaufen (See also:Berlin, 1893) ; del Giudice, Il Giudizio e la condanna di Corradino (Naples, 1876); E
.
See also:Miller, Konradin von Hohenstaufen (Berlin, 1897)
.
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