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Philip of Swabia

Type Figure Region Germany Time 1177–1208 Also known as King Philip of Germany

Philip of Swabia (1177–1208), second son of Frederick I and Duke of Swabia from 1196, was elected King of Germany in 1198 and fought a long civil war…

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  1. 1177–1190Swabia · SwabiaAs the second son of Frederick I he was educated at the imperial court; in the 1180s he accompanied his father in handling imperial business, and after his brother Henry VI's Sicilian marriage in 1186 he accumulated fiefs and political resources in Swabia, preparing for future succession competition.
  2. 1190–1196Swabia · SwabiaAfter his father drowned in 1190 he took part in discussions of the German royal succession, competing with his brother Henry VI but ultimately Henry prevailed; in 1196 he formally became Duke of Swabia, consolidating Hohenstaufen power in southern Germany.
  3. 1198–1208Bamberg · BavariaAfter Henry VI's death in 1198 he was elected king by electors including those of Cologne, and waged a ten-year civil war against Otto IV; crowned at Mainz in 1201 with the conditional support of Pope Innocent III; assassinated by Count Otto VIII of Bavaria at a wedding in Bamberg on 21 June 1208.

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