Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (November 1165 – September 28, 1197) was king of Germany 1190-1197, and Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197.

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1165 - September 28 - 1197 - Holy Roman Emperor

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Constance of Sicily was betrothed to Henry in 1184, and they were married two years later, on January 27, 1186. Henry and Constance were crowned Emperor and Empress in 1191, a year after Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor died.

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Constance of Sicily - 1184 - January 27 - 1186 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Emperor Henry VI deposed William III of Sicily, his wife's great nephew and the last of Sicily's Norman kings, and was crowned king of Sicily in Palermo in 1194. He then entered Rome in 1196, and was crowned by Pope Celestine III. His accession to the throne of Sicily united the northern and southern lands of the empire and deeply alarmed other Mediterranean powers.

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William III of Sicily - Palermo - 1194 - Rome - 1196 - Pope Celestine III - Mediterranean

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Henry was fluent in Latin, and according to Alberic of Troisfontaines, was "distinguished by gifts of knowledge, wreathed in flowers of eloquence, and learned in canon and Roman law." He was a patron of prophets and poetry, and probably composed the song "Kaiser Heinrich" that is now among the Weingarten Song Manuscripts.

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