CONSTANCE, Holy Roman Empress

1154–98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II. On his death, however (1189), the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Tancred of Lecce as William's successor. Henry VI conducted an unsuccessful campaign (1191) against Tancred during which Constance was captured but soon released. After Tancred's death (1194) Henry was crowned king of Sicily. When he died (1197) all of Italy revolted against German rule. In order to save the throne of Sicily for her infant son Frederick (later Holy Roman emperor as Frederick II), Constance renounced the German kingship for Frederick and had him crowned (1198) king of Sicily. She was regent for her son; before her death she named Pope Innocent III his guardian.

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Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Book by Mack Walker; University of North Carolina Press, 1981
Subjects: Constitutional History--Holy Roman Empire, Holy Roman Empire--History--1648-1804, Moser, Johann Jakob--1701-1785, Political Scientists--Germany
Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation MACK WALKER Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation...Mack. Johann Jakob Moser and the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. Bibliography...
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German History, 1789-1871: From the Holy Roman Empire to the Bismarckian Reich
Book by Eric Dorn Brose; Berghahn Books, 1997
Subjects: Conservatism--Germany, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, Germany--Economic Conditions--19th Century, Germany--Intellectual Life, Germany--Politics And Government--1789-1900, Holy Roman Empire--History--Francis Ii, 1792-1806
...German History 1789-1871 From the Holy Roman Empire to the Bismarckian Reich GERMAN HISTORY 1789-1871 From The Holy Roman Empire To The Bismarckian Reich...German history, 1789-1871 : from Holy Roman Empire to Bismarckian Reich / Eric...
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Feudal Germany
Book by James Westfall Thompson; University of Chicago Press, 1928
Subjects: Germany--History--843-1273, Holy Roman Empire--History--843-1273
...in Swabia, Bishop Salomon of Constance waged a long and bitter conflict...this ceremony is classic. See Holy Roman Empire 2d ed. , chap. viii...erroneously gives 20 50 Constance, Chur, Worms, Freising, each...
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Henry IV of Germany, 1056-1106
Book by I. S. Robinson; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Constitutional History--Holy Roman Empire, Germany--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Henry--Iv--Holy Roman Emperor--1050-1106, Holy Roman Empire--History--Henry Iv, 1056-1106, Holy Roman Empire--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...beyond a doubt holy Church will...towards the Roman church. His...the autumn the empress bore a son...early 1070s the empresss three appointees...most powerful Roman aristocratic...Germany and the holy see had been...papacy, the Roman reformers had...against the empress by a group of...
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The Emperor Charles V: The Growth and Destiny of a Man and of a World-Empire
Book by Karl Brandi, C. V. Wedgwood; Alfred A. Knopf, 1939
Subjects: Charles--V--Holy Roman Emperor--1500-1558, Europe--History--1517-1648, Germany--History--Charles V, 1519-1556, Holy Roman Empire--History--Charles V, 1519-1556
...ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA AND HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR OF THE GERMAN...644 The Holy Trinity with Angels and...Charles and the Empress Isabella on the right...which streamed from the Holy of Holies, then it is...position even when the Holy League of 1511 brought...
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"I Am Al Othir to Yow Than Yee Weene": Hoccleve, Women, and the 'Series
Journal article by Karen A. Winstead; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 72, 1993
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hoccleve, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...its protagonist is a Roman empress whose husband gives her...his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Despite this auspicious...are never fickle, that "Constance is vn-to wommanhode entaillid...after describing the empresss joyful reunion with her...
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Marlowe's Travesty of Virgil: Dido and Elizabethan Dreams of Empire
Journal article by Donald Stump; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Elizabeth I, Queen of England--Foreign relations, Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., International relations--England, Marlowe, Christopher--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Queens--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Race relations--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...triple crown of the Holy Roman Empire in order...the position of an empress.(6) Most interesting...Walter Oakeshott and Constance Jordan make the...younger brother of the Holy Roman Emperor, and identifying...Virgils celebration of Roman nationalism and...
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Biblography
Journal article by Margaret Schaus, Susan Mosher Stuard; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 6, 1994
Subjects: Women--History
...Sharon K. Elkins , in Holy Women of Twelfth-Century...between the sexes on Roman, early Christian, and...materials that date from the Roman period through the late...Bell, Rudolph M. Holy Anorexia . Chicago...1989 . Berman, Constance, et al., eds. The Worlds...
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Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?
Journal article by John W. O'Malley; Theological Studies, Vol. 67, 2006
Subjects: Catholic Church--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Catholic Church--History, Christian literature--Forecasts and trends, Ruini, Camillo--Evaluation, Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965--Analysis
...councils was the Roman senate. (33) Although...approval of this holy council, each and...38) The Council of Constance (1418) denounced...a profile of the holy Christian as well...did not take the Roman senate as its implicit...45-51, at 46: "The Roman Pontiffs have never...
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Recent Studies in the English Renaissance
Journal article by Mary Ellen Lamb; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 46, 2006
Subjects: English Renaissance, 1485-1649--Analysis, European literature--Analysis, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Renaissance literature--Analysis
...that conflates the "holy and humoral callings...Blazing World, whose empress favors Galenic physicians...in classical Greco-Roman society, a valorization...as foreign others, Constance C. Relihans Cosmographical...Tacituss account of the Roman occupation of Britain...monarchy that adopts Roman rhetoric and Egyptian...
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encyclopedia articles on: Constance Holy Roman Empress  - 2 results

 
 
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Constance , Holy Roman Empress
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CONSTANCE , Holy Roman empress 1154 98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry...Sicily, chose Constances nephew Tancred...Frederick (later Holy Roman emperor as Frederick II ), Constance renounced the...
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Innocent III
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sicily the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick...Fredericks mother, the Empress Constance , had accepted...privileges; on Constances death, Innocent...favorable to the Holy See. Innocents...tribute to the Holy See. Subsequently...


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