Frederick Barbarossa

Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

1176 battle

wife of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

title originally from the Principality of Orange

The Kyffhäuser (, sometimes also referred to as Kyffhäusergebirge) is a hill range in Central Germany, shared by Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mountains. It reaches its highest point at the Kulpenberg with an elevation of . The range is the site of medieval Kyffhausen Castle (Reichsburg Kyffhausen) and the 19th century Kyffhäuser Monument; it has significance in German traditional mythology as the legendary resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

1190 battle

peace treaty

peace treaty

Queen of Germany from 1152 to 1153

diet

cave

1185 election of the Catholic pope

October 1187 election of the Catholic pope

12th-century wheel chandelier in Aachen Cathedral founded by Frederick Barbarossa and his wife Beatrix

1190 battle of the Third Crusade

medieval castle ruin in Kyffhäuserland, Thruringia, Germany

The Harzburg, also called Große Harzburg ("Great Harz Castle"), is a former imperial castle, situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range overlooking the spa resort of Bad Harzburg in Goslar District in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It was erected from 1065 to 1068 at the behest of King Henry IV of Germany, slighted during the Saxon Rebellion in 1073-75, and a century later rebuilt under Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his Welf successor Otto IV, who died here in 1218.

castle ruin in Landstuhl, Germany

Hoftag of the Holy Roman Empire organised by Emperor Frederick I in Mainz