Frederick I “Barbarossa”, Holy Roman Emperor

King of Germany

King of Italy

King of Burgundy

Holy Roman Emperor

Events

Date of Birth: 1122.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Heimpel. Engels gives probably after 1122.

Date of Death: 10 June 1190.

Place of Death: drowned in the Saleph river.

The date and place are given by Heimpel and by Ehlers (p.256).

Place of Burial: His entrails were buried at Tarsus, his flesh in St Peter’s, Antioch, and his legs in the cathedral at Tyre.

The places are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Frederick II, duke of Swabia.

This relationship is given by Heimpel, by Weller (p. 84), and by Engels (1994).

Mother: Judith of Bavaria.

This relationship is given by Heimpel, by Weller (p. 84), by Schneidmüller (p. 159), and by Engels (1994).

Spouse: Adelaide of Vohburg.

This relationship is given by Heimpel, by Ehlers (p. 238), by Weller (p. 84), and by Engels (1994).

Spouse: Beatrice I, countess of Burgundy. Married 9 June 1156 at Würzburg.

This relationship is given by Heimpel, by Elhers (p. 238), by Weller (p. 91), and by Engels (1994).

Children (by Beatrice):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Beatrice (died young).

Frederick (16 July 1164 - died young).

Henry V (November 1165 - 28 September 1197), Holy Roman Emperor, married Constance of Sicily.

Conrad (February 1167 - 19 or 20 January 1191), later Frederick VI, duke of Swabia.

a daughter

Otto I (1170 - 13 January 1200), count palatine of Burgundy.

Conrad II (died 15 August 1196), duke of Swabia, married Berenguela of Castile.

Renaud (died young).

William (died young).

Philip (1177 - 21 June 1208), king of the Germans, married Irene Angelina.

Agnes (died 8 October 1184).

References

Cawley, Charles. “FRIEDRICH von Staufen” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Ehlers, Joachim. “Friedrich I. Barbarossa (1152-1190)” in Die Deutschen Herrscher des Mittelalters: Historische Portraits von Heinrich I. bis Maximillian I. (919-1519). (Beck: München, 2003)

Engels, O. "Friedrich I. (Friedrich Barbarossa)" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Engels, Odilo. Die Staufer. 6th ed. (Verlag W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 1994).

Heimpel, Hermann. “Friedrich I. Barbarossa” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 5 (1961) S. 459-478 [Onlinefassung].

Schneidmüller, Bernd. Die Welfen: Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819-1252) (Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2000).

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).