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Pope Clement III

Type Figure Region Rome Time c. 1130–1191 Also known as Pope Clement III、Paolo Scolari、Clemens III

Born Paolo Scolari, pope 1187–1191, elected during the Third Crusade after Hattin, crowned Henry VI as King of the Romans in 1188, and died in March …

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  1. c. 1130–1187Rome · LazioOf the Roman Scolari family, he became cardinal of Santa Susanna after 1179 and in the 1180s took part in papal governance under Lucius III and Urban III, maintaining tense interactions with the Hohenstaufen emperors.
  2. 1187–1189Rome · LazioElected pope on 19 December 1187, he called for the Third Crusade after Hattin; in January 1188 he crowned Henry VI as Romanorum rex in Rome, coordinating European monarchs' response to recover Jerusalem.
  3. 1189–1191Rome · LazioAfter William II died in 1189 the papacy intervened in the Sicilian succession: initially recognizing Tancred as lawful king to counterbalance Henry VI and Constance; the pope's stance shifted during Henry's invasion of Sicily in 1191, and he died in Rome on 20 March 1191.

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