HOHENSTAUFEN  , the name of a See also:

• VILLAGE

village and ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle near Lorsch in See also:

• SWABIA, SUABIA

Swabia, now in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, which gave its name to a celebrated Swabian See also:

• FAMILY

family, members of which were emperors or See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings from 1138 to 1208, and again from 1214 to 12J4 . The earliest known ancestor was See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Buren (d . 1094), whose son Frederick built a castle at Staufen, or Hohenstaufen, and called himself by this name . He was a See also:

• FIRM

firm supporter of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV., who rewarded his fidelity by granting him the dukedom of Swabia in 1079, and giving him his daughter See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . In ro81 he remained in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany as Henry's representative, but only secured See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Swabia after a struggle lasting twenty years . In 1105 Frederick was succeeded by his son Frederick II., called the One-eyed, who, together with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad, afterwards the German 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 Conrad III., held See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Germany for their See also:

• UNCLE

uncle the emperor Henry V . Frederick inherited the estates of Henry V. in 1125, but failed to secure the See also:

• THRONE

throne, and took up an attitude of hostility towards the new emperor, See also:

• LOTHAIR (825-869)
• LOTHAIR (941–986)

Lothair the Saxon, who claimed some of the estates of the See also:

• LATE

late emperor as See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PROPERTY

property . A See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out and ended in the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete submission of Frederick at See also:

• BAMBERG

Bamberg . He retained, however, his dukedom and estates . In 1138 Conrad of Hohenstaufen was elected German king, He protested against the See also:

• PASSPORT

passport See also:

• SYSTEM

system as likely to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to a war with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, for which he preferred not to be responsible (See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to AVilmowski, Denkw. ii . 433), but on the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor taking full responsibility consented to retain See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . See also:

• HOHENZOLLERN

HOHENZOLLERN 575 and was succeeded in 1152, not by his 'son but by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Frederick See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa, son of his brother Frederick (d .

1147) . Conrad's son Frederick inherited the duchy of See also:

• FRANCONIA (Ger. Franken)

Franconia which his See also:

• FATHER

father had received in 1115, and this was retained by the Hohenstaufen until the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke Conrad II. in 1196 . In 1152 Frederick received the duchy of Swabia from his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin the German king Frederick I., and on his death in 1167 it passed successively to Frederick's three sons Frederick, Conrad and See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip . The second Hohenstaufen emperor was Frederick Barbarossa's son, Henry VI., after whose death a struggle for the throne took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place between Henry's brother Philip, duke of Swabia, and See also:

• OTTO

Otto of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, afterwards the emperor Otto IV . Regained for the Hohenstaufen by Henry's son, Frederick II., in 1214, the German kingdom passed to his son, Conrad IV., and when Conrad's son See also:

• CONRADIN, or CONRAD THE YOUNGER (1252–1268)

Conradin was beheaded in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1268, the male See also:

• LINE

line of the Hohenstaufen became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . Daughters of Philip of Swabia married See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand III., king of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile and See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon, and Henry II., duke of See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, and a daughter of Conrad, brother of the emperor Frederick I., married into the family of See also:

• GUELPH

Guelph . The castle of Hohenstaufen was destroyed in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century during the Peasants' War, and only a few fragments now remain . See F. von See also:

• RAUMER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GEORG VON (1781–1873)

Raumer, Geschichte der Hohenstaufen and ihrer Zeit (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1878) ; B . F . W . See also:

• ZIMMERMANN, JOHANN GEORG, RITTER VON

Zimmermann, Geschichte der Hohenstaufen (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1st ed., 1838; 2nd ed., 1865); F . W .

Schirrmacher, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die letzten Hohenstaufen (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1871) .