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Henry VI
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Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197
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Henry VI was a Holy Roman Emperor who lived from 1165-11-01 to 1197-09-28. He is associated with the "Henry VI Society," an author credited with the work "A saint for the English."
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Heinrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Nijmegen
- Place of death
- Messina
- Spouse
- Costanza I of Sicily
- Father
- Frederick Barbarossa
- Sibling
- Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Family
- House of Hohenstaufen
- Noble title
- margrave
- Image
- Codex Manesse Heinrich VI. (HRR).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- cause of death
- malaria
- Commons category
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- date of death
- 1197-09-28
- date of birth
- 1165-11-01
- Commons gallery
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- topic's main category
- Category:Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- name in native language
- Heinrich VI.
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Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Henry VI, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry VI (German: Heinrich VI.; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Constance I.
Henry was the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. Well educated in the Latin language, as well as Roman and canon law, Henry was also a patron of poets and a skilled poet himself. In 1186 he married Constance of Sicily. Henry, stuck in the Hohenstaufen conflict with the House of Welf until 1194, had to enforce the inheritance claims by his wife against her nephew Count Tancred of Lecce. Henry's attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Sicily failed at the siege of Naples in 1191 due to an epidemic, with Empress Constance captured. Based on an enormous ransom for the release and submission of King Richard I of England, he conquered Sicily in 1194; however, the intended unification with the Holy Roman Empire ultimately failed due to the opposition of the Papacy. In Sicily, Henry had a reputation for ruthless suppression of political opponents. To this day, he is sometimes given the epithet "the Cruel" (il crudele) by Italian historiographers.
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