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Death of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II

Type Event Region Italy Time 1250

On 13 December 1250 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, died of illness at Castel Fiorentino in Puglia at 55, ending the Hohenstaufe…

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  1. 1248–1250Puglia · PugliaAfter his deposition by the First Council of Lyon in 1245, Frederick II continued resisting the papacy and the anti-Hohenstaufen league in southern Italy; his health deteriorated in his later years, and in December 1250 he withdrew to Castel Fiorentino. Imperial authority in Germany had been greatly weakened, and his son Conrad IV was contesting the succession against various rivals.
  2. 1250Castel Fiorentino · PugliaFrederick II died at Castel Fiorentino on 13 December 1250; his body was subsequently buried in Palermo Cathedral, resting with his father Henry VI and his mother Constance. The news of his death shook Europe, and Germany immediately fell into a fiercer struggle for the throne.

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