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unusual facts about Frederick I Barbarossa



Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia

He was born in Modigliana, the third son of Frederick I Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy and brother of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

Isaac II Angelos

In 1189 the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa sought and obtained permission to lead his troops on the Third Crusade through the Byzantine Empire; but he had no sooner crossed the border than Isaac, who had meanwhile sought an alliance with Saladin, threw every impediment in his way.

Salladin the Victorious

Saladin succeeds in taking back Jerusalem, which leads the powers of Europe to organize the Third Crusade with the combined forces of the French king, German emperor, under the leadership of Richard the Lionheart of England.


see also

Friedrich of Germany

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122–1190), or Frederick I Barbarossa, king of Germany