Hohenstaufen

The Hohenstaufen are a noble family of the Germanic Roman Holy roman Empire.

History

In the middle of the 11th century, the Hohenstaufen family is one of the families most powerful of the south-western area of the Germany. Its influence was considerable, while at the same time it initially had few territories, limited to three principal zones: Büren and Lorch (Germany), Sélestat ( Schlettstadt ) and the Castle of Haut-Kœnigsbourg, and Haguenau in Alsace.

The Hohenstaufen dynasty is known for eminent personalities, of which in particular Frederic II, Germanic Roman Emperor of 1220 to 1250 or his/her grandfather Frederic Ier Barberousse. Conrad III had been the first of the line to be reached imperial dignity, in 1138.

Frederic Ier, named duke of Souabe by the emperor Henri IV, in 1079, was worth with the family her name, building the Stauf castle on the Hohenstaufen mount close to Göppingen.

The dynasty died out with its last male descendant in hot line, Conradin, which died decapitated in public place with Naples, in 1268 after a lawsuit-spectacle.

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