Hohenstaufen

For other uses, see Hohenstaufen (disambiguation).
Hohenstaufen
Staufer
Coat of arms (c. 1220)[a]
Country
Founded1079
FounderFrederick of Büren
Final rulerConradin
Titles
Dissolution1318[2]

The Hohenstaufen dynasty (/ˈhoʊənʃtaʊfən/, US also /-staʊ-/,[3][4][5][6] German: [ˌhoːənˈʃtaʊfn̩]), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254.[7] The dynasty's most prominent rulers – Frederick I (1155), Henry VI (1191) and Frederick II (1220) – ascended the imperial throne and also reigned over Italy and Burgundy. The non-contemporary name of 'Hohenstaufen' is derived from the family's Hohenstaufen Castle on Hohenstaufen mountain at the northern fringes of the Swabian Jura, near the town of Göppingen.[8] Under Hohenstaufen rule, the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent from 1155 to 1268.[9]

  1. ^ Albrecht Rieber; Karl Reutter (1974). Die Pfalzkapelle in Ulm (in German). p. 204.
  2. ^ Gregorovius, Ferdinand (2010) [1897]. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Vol. 5, Part 2, Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ "Hohenstaufen". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Hohenstaufen". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Hohenstaufen" (US) and "Hohenstaufen". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
  6. ^ "Hohenstaufen". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  7. ^ Thomas Oliver Schindler (20 February 2003). Die Staufer - Ursprung und Aufstieg eines Herrschergeschlechts. Grin. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Riddle, John M. (13 March 2008). A History of the Middle Ages, 300–1500. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781442210042.
  9. ^ rev, Droysen/Andrée; Th Lindner (1886), Deutsch: Mitteleuropa zur Zeit der StauferEnglish: Central Europe at the time of the Hohenstaufen, retrieved 2020-02-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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