Frederick II Crowned King of Jerusalem

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1. 1229Jerusalem · JerusalemAfter the transfer of Jerusalem was completed, Frederick II entered the holy city on March 17. The emperor proceeded in a low-key manner to avoid provoking Muslim religious feelings on the Temple Mount, while proclaiming nominal sovereignty over the city to the Latin Christian world.
2. 1229Church of the Holy Sepulchre · JerusalemOn March 18 Frederick placed the crown on his own head in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, completing his coronation as King of Jerusalem. Since the Patriarch of Jerusalem refused to officiate, the ceremony lacked ecclesiastical blessing; the emperor performed the symbolic coronation by secular power, drawing criticism from the clergy and the papacy.
3. 1229Jerusalem · JerusalemThe coronation gave Frederick both the imperial and Jerusalem crowns, strengthening his personal claim to the recovery of the holy city. However, the papacy viewed it as a challenge to church authority, and the Teutonic Knights also kept their distance. The emperor soon departed the East, and Holy Land politics quickly returned to a fragile balance.