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Conrad IV of Germany Hohenstaufens, Holy Roman Emperor

Conrad IV of Germany Hohenstaufens, Holy Roman Emperor[1]

Male 1228 - 1254  (26 years)


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  • Name Conrad IV of Germany Hohenstaufens 
    Suffix Holy Roman Emperor 
    Acceded 1228 
    King of Jerusalem 
    • was King of Jerusalem (as «b»Conrad II«/b»; 1228-1254),
    Birth 25 Apr 1228 
    Gender Male 
    Acceded 1237 
    King of Germany 
    • King of Germany (1237-1254)
    Acceded 1250 
    King of Sicily 
    • King of Sicily (as «b»Conrad I«/b»; 1250-1254
    Death 21 May 1254  Lavello, Basilicata Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: malaria 
    Notes 
    Person ID I5610  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

    Father Frederick II of Germany Hohenstaufens, Emperor of Germany,   b. 26 Dec 1194, Iesi, near Ancona, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1250 (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Isabel II (Yolande) of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem,   b. 1212   d. 25 Apr 1228 (Age 16 years) 
    Marriage 9 Nov 1225  cathedral of Brindisi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • During a meeting between John of Brienne, the Pope Honorius III and Frederick II in the city of Ferentino in 1223, Yolande's fate was decided: Frederick accepted to finally go to the Crusade, but only as the legitimate King of Jerusalem, and this was only possible if he agreed to take the young Queen Isabella II as his wife (by this time, Frederick was a widower). This was planned by the Pope, who hoped by this bond to attach the Emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade. The betrothal was confirmed, but the Emperor still delayed his departure until August 1225, when he and Isabella were married by proxy in the City of Acre. Days after, Isabella II was crowned as Queen of Jerusalem.

      The now crowned Queen was sent to Italy and married in person to Frederick II in the , on 9 November 1225. In the ceremony, he declared himself King Frederick of Jerusalem. Immediately Frederick II saw to it that his new father-in-law John of Brienne, the current Regent of Jerusalem, was dispossessed and his rights transferred to him. Despite his new capacity as King of Jerusalem, Frederick II continued to take his time in setting off, and in 1227, he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for failing to honour his crusading pledge.

      After the wedding, Isabella was kept in seclusion by her husband. She spent her time in Frederick's harem in Palermo. In November 1226, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter (referred to by some sources as Margaret); the baby died in August 1227. Frederick finally sailed from Brindisi on 8 September 1227 for Jerusalem but fell ill at Otranto, where Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, had been put ashore. Frederick postponed the journey while he recovered. In the meantime Isabella died after giving birth to her second child, a son, Conrad, in Andria, Bari, on 25 April 1228. She is buried in Andria Cathedral. Frederick finally embarked to Jerusalem on 28 June.
    Family ID F1816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany,   b. Abt 1227, Landshut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1273 (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Conradin of Jerusalem Hohenstaufens, King of Jerusalem   d. 1268
    Family ID F4108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

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    Conrad IV of Germany

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).