Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

Lothair III
Emperor of the Romans
Portrait of Lothair in the Codex Eberhardi, Fulda monastery 1150/1160
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign1133–1137
Coronation4 June 1133, Rome
PredecessorHenry V
SuccessorFrederick I
King of Germany and Italy
Reign1125–1137
Coronation13 September 1125, Aachen
(Germany)
PredecessorHenry V
SuccessorConrad III
Bornbefore 9 June 1075
Lutterloh, Duchy of Saxony
Died4 December 1137 (1137-12-05) (aged 62)
Breitenwang, Tyrol,
Duchy of Bavaria
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1107)
IssueGertrude, Duchess of Bavaria
HouseSupplinburg
FatherGebhard of Supplinburg
MotherHedwig of Formbach

Lothair III, sometimes numbered Lothair II[a] and also known as Lothair of Supplinburg (1075 – 4 December 1137), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 until his death. He was appointed Duke of Saxony in 1106 and elected King of Germany in 1125 before being crowned emperor in Rome. The son of the Saxon count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of the Hohenstaufens, Duke Frederick II of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia. He died while returning from a successful campaign against the Norman Kingdom of Sicily.

  1. ^ Detwiler, Donald S. Germany: A Short History (1999), p. 263
  2. ^ Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1788), Tavole cronologiche de'consoli ordinarj, papi, imperadori, re de' Romani, re d'Italia, prefetti di Roma, dogi di Venezia, e di Genova, de' quali si fa menzione negl' Annali d'Italia dal principio dell' era volgare sino all' anno MDCCL, Rome, 78–81.
  3. ^ John B. Freed (2016), Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth, Yale University Press, p. 56; see, e.g., this diploma of 20 November 1125.


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