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  • Name Philipp von Hohenstaufen 
    Nickname Philip King of Germany (Geni Tree Match) Too ... 
    Born Aug 1177 
    Address:
    in or near Pavia
    in or near Pavia
    Italy (H.R.R.) 
    Christened 1190  Tuscany, Firenze, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Christening Schwaben, Bayern Lande, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Burggreve i Würzburg 1191, markgreve i Tuscana 1195-1208, hertig i Schwabien 1196-1208, kung i Tyskland 1198-1208, King of Germany & Duke of Swabia, Holy Roman Emperor, Duque de Swabia (1196-1208), Rey de Alemania (1198-1208), king of germany 
    Occupation Évêque, de Würzburg, 1191, Marquis, de Toscane, 1195, Duc, de Souabe, 1196, Roi 
    Occupation Konung av 
    Buried 1208  Speyer Dom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Speyer
    Speyer
    Germany (H.R.R.) 
    Died 21 Jun 1208 
    Address:
    Bamberg
    Bamberg, Bayern
    Germany (H.R.R.) 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} Philipp von Schwaben




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      *[http://thepeerage.com/p11427.htm#i114270 The Peerage]
      *[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=7704 Geneall]
      *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_of_Swabia Wikipedia]

      *'''King of Germany(formally King of the Romans):''' Reign: 1198–1208 (contested by Otto IV)
      >'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Heinrich-VI-Holy-Roman-Emperor/6000000003614102983 Henry VI] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Otto-IV-Holy-Roman-Emperor/6000000000107264196 Otto IV]

      *'''Duke of Swabia:''' Reign 1196–1208
      >'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=7702 Conrad II] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Friedrich-II-von-Hohenstaufen-Kaiser-des-Heiligen-r%C3%B6misch-deutschen-Reiches/6000000000424888017 Frederick VI]

      Philip av Swabia var en prins av huset til Hohenstaufen og kongen av Tyskland fra 1198 til 1208. I den langvarige kampen om den tyske tronen ved keiseren Henry VIs død mellom Hohenstaufen og Welf-dynastiene, var han den første tyske kongen å bli myrdet.
    • [FAVthomas.FTW]

      Duke of Swabia, Margrave of Tuscany, Emperor of Germany 1198. Murdered byOtto of Wittelsbach.
    • king of Germany and duke of Swabia
    • Emperador Germánico (1205-1208)
    • Emperador Germánico (1205-1208)
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    • Heir to the Hohenstauffen house of Swabia. Marriage arranged to dtr of Isaac II Angelus Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Philip is a brother to Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, who arranged the marriage. Philip II of Swabia, youngest son of Frederick I the Barbarossa, of the house of Hohenstaufen, had been educated for the church, but resigned his "see" in 1192. Phillip of Swabia, of the house of Hohenstaufen, son of Frederick I the Barbarossa, succeeded his brother Henry VI as Emperor of Germany in 1197. He ruled until 1208, and was succeeded by Otto IV of Saxony, his son-in-law.
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    • Heir to the German Kingdom
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    • Heir to the German Kingdom
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    • "OF SWABIA"; KING OF GERMANY 1198-1208
    • DUKE OF SWABIA; KING OF GERMANY
    • (Research):Philip of Swabia Philip of Swabia Pronounced As: swab , 1176?-1208, German king (1198-1208), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. After the death (1197) of his brother, German King and Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, he unsuccessfully attempted to secure the succession in Germany of his infant nephew, the later Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II; for the sake of the house of Hohenstaufen, he finally consented to his own election as German king. A small, anti-Hohenstaufen group led by the archbishop of Cologne elected (1198) Otto IV antiking. In the ensuing war Philip was supported by Philip II of France, while Otto had the support of his uncle Richard I of England. Though successful at first, Philip's cause was weakened when Pope Innocent III declared (1201) for Otto. However, the year 1204 marked a turn in Philip's favor; with his capture (1206) of Cologne, the war was virtually ended. Negotiations with the pope had resulted in a satisfactory settlement when Philip was murdered by a personal enemy. Otto IV was elected his successor as German king. Philip became involved in the Fourth Crusade (1202-4; see Crusades) partly through his marriage to the Byzantine princess Irene, daughter of Emperor Isaac II. The extent of Philip's influence in diverting the crusade to Constantinople is still debated. Philip Encyclopædia Britannica Article born 1178 died June 21, 1208, Bamberg, Ger. also called Philip Of Swabia, German Philipp Von Schwaben German Hohenstaufen king whose rivalry for the crown involved him in a decade of warfare with the Welf Otto IV. The youngest son of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, Philip was destined for the church. After being provost of the cathedral at Aachen, he was, in 1190 or 1191, elected bishop of Würzburg. Shortly after the death of his brother Frederick (1191), however, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career. Another brother, the Holy Roman emperor Henry VI, made him duke of Tuscany in 1195 and duke of Swabia in 1196. In May 1197 he married Irene, daughter of the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus. At Henry VI's death in September 1197, his son, the future emperor Frederick II, was less than three years old, and the German princes were unwilling to accept him as king. The princes favourable to the Hohenstaufens elected Philip German king in March 1198. The opposing party, led by Archbishop Adolf of Cologne, elected Otto, a son of Henry the Lion of Brunswick of the rival Welf dynasty, king in June of that year. Otto was crowned at Aachen, the proper place for the ceremony, by Archbishop Adolf. Philip's coronation, by another prelate, did not take place until September 1198 at Mainz. In the ensuing civil war the Hohenstaufen cause prospered at first. In 1201, however, Pope Innocent III recognized Otto as king and excommunicated Philip. Philip's fortunes were only restored in 1204, by a series of defections from Otto's side, culminating in that of Adolf of Cologne himself. In June 1205, Adolf crowned Philip at Aachen. The city of Cologne, which, notwithstanding its archbishop, had sided with Otto, was captured in January 1207, and Otto's cause seemed lost. Late in 1207, however, when Philip offered to give Otto one of his daughters in marriage and to enfeoff him with either the duchy of Swabia or the kingdom of Arles, Otto, buoyed by hopes of financial, if not military, support from the kings of England and Denmark, rejected the offer. Nevertheless, a truce was arranged that lasted until June of the following year. In 1208 Pope Innocent III recognized Philip as king and promised to crown him emperor. Philip, who had mobilized his army at Bamberg in order to move against Otto, was waiting for the truce to expire when he was murdered by Otto of Wittelsbach, count Palatine of Bavaria, to whom he had refused to give one of his daughters in marriage. Eventually his daughters were married: Beatrix the Elder to his old rival Otto, Cunigunda to King Wenceslas of Bohemia, and Beatrix the Younger to Ferdinand III of Castile. A brave man, Philip was praised by contemporaries for his mildness and generosity. The diversion of the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople is assumed by some authorities to have been prompted by him in the interests of his brother-in-law, the Byzantine emperor Alexius IV Angelus.
    • Name Suffix: Holy Roman Emperor
    • Philip of Swabia
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Philip of Swabia depicted in a medieval manuscript (about 1200).Philip of Swabia (1177 – June 21, 1208) was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV.

      Contents [hide]
      1 Biography
      2 Ancestors
      3 References
      4 Philip's descendants
      5 See also
      6 External links

      [edit] Biography
      Philip was the fifth and youngest son of the emperor Frederick I and Beatrix, daughter of Renaud III, count of Burgundy, and brother of the emperor Henry VI. He entered the clergy, was made provost of Aix-la-Chapelle, and in 1190 or 1191 was chosen bishop of Würzburg. Having accompanied his brother Henry to Italy in 1191, Philip forsook his ecclesiastical calling, and, travelling again to Italy, was made duke of Tuscany in 1195 and received an extensive grant of lands. In 1196 he became duke of Swabia, on the death of his brother Conrad; and in May 1197 he married Irene Angelina, daughter of the Byzantine emperor, Isaac II, and widow of Roger III, Titular King of Sicily, a lady who is described by Walther von der Vogelweide as " the rose without a thorn, the dove without guile."

      Philip enjoyed his brother's confidence to a very great extent, and appears to have been designated as guardian of the Henry's young son Frederick, afterwards the emperor Frederick II, in case of his father's early death. In 1197 he had set out to fetch Frederick from Sicily for his coronation as King of the Germans when he heard of the emperor's death and returned at once to Germany. He appears to have desired to protect the interests of his nephew and to quell the disorder which arose on Henry's death, but was overtaken by events. The hostility to the kingship of a child was growing, and after Philip had been chosen as defender of the empire during Frederick's minority he consented to his own election. He was elected German king at Mühlhausen on March 8, 1198, and was crowned at Mainz on the September 8 following.

      Meanwhile, a number of princes hostile to Philip, under the leadership of Adolph, Archbishop of Cologne, had elected an anti-king in the person of Otto, second son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. In the war that followed, Philip, who drew his principal support from south Germany, met with considerable success. In 1199 he received further accessions to his party and carried the war into his opponent's territory, although unable to obtain the support of Pope Innocent III, and only feebly assisted by his ally Philip Augustus, king of France. The following year was less favourable to his arms; and in March 1201 Innocent took the decisive step of placing Philip and his associates under the ban, and began to work energetically in favour of Otto.

      Also in 1201, Philip was visited by his cousin Boniface of Montferrat, the leader of the Fourth Crusade. The Crusaders were by this time under Venetian control and were besieging Zara on the Adriatic Sea. Although Boniface's exact reasons for meeting with Philip are unknown, while at Philip's court he also met Alexius Angelus, Philip's brother-in-law. Alexius convinced Boniface, and later the Venetians, to divert the Crusade to Constantinople and restore Isaac II to the throne, as he had recently been deposed by Alexius III, Alexius and Irene's uncle.

      The two succeeding years were still more unfavourable to Philip. Otto, aided by Ottokar I, king of Bohemia, and Hermann I, landgrave of Thuringia, drove him from north Germany, thus compelling him to seek by abject concessions, but without success, reconciliation with Innocent. The submission to Philip of Hermann of Thuringia in 1204 marks the turning-point of his fortunes, and he was soon joined by Adolph of Cologne and Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

      On January 6, 1205 he was crowned again with great ceremony by Adolph at Aix-la-Chapelle, though it was not till 1207 that his entry into Cologne practically brought the war to a close. A month or two later Philip was loosed from the papal ban, and in March 1208 it seems probable that a treaty was concluded by which a nephew of the pope was to marry one of Philip's daughters and to receive the disputed dukedom of Tuscany. Philip was preparing to crush the last flicker of the rebellion in Brunswick-Lüneburg when he was murdered at Bamberg, on June 21, 1208, by Otto of Wittelsbach, count palatine in Bavaria, to whom he had refused the hand of one of his daughters. Philip was a brave and handsome man, and contemporary writers, among whom was Walther von der Vogelweide, praise his mildness and generosity.


      [edit] Ancestors
      Philip's ancestors in three generations Philip of Swabia Father:
      Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Paternal Grandfather:
      Frederick II, Duke of Swabia Paternal Great-grandfather:
      Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
      Paternal Great-grandmother:
      Agnes of Germany
      Paternal Grandmother:
      Judith Paternal Great-grandfather:
      Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria
      Paternal Great-grandmother:
      Wulfhild of Saxony
      Mother:
      Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy Maternal Grandfather:
      Renaud III, Count of Burgundy Maternal Great-grandfather:
      Stephen I, Count of Burgundy
      Maternal Great-grandmother:
      Beatrix of Lorraine
      Maternal Grandmother:
      Agatha Maternal Great-grandfather:
      Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
      Maternal Great-grandmother:
      Adelaide


      [edit] References
      Peter Csendes, Philipp von Schwaben. Ein Staufer im Kampf um die Macht, 2003.
      This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Philip", a publication now in the public domain.

      [edit] Philip's descendants
      Philip of Swabia married Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angelus on May 25, 1197. Their four daughters were:

      Beatrice of Hohenstaufen (1198-1212), married Otto IV, Holy Roman Emper
      Cunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1200-1248), married King Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia
      Mary of Hohenstaufen (1201-1235), married Henry II, Duke of Brabant
      Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (1203-1235), married King Ferdinand III of Castile

      [edit] See also
      Dukes of Swabia family tree

      [edit] External links
      Philip of Swabia; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
      Philip (of Swabia) -- Encyclopedia Britannica
      Philipp von Schwaben
      Preceded by
      Henry VI King of Germany
      (formally King of the Romans)
      1198–1208
      (contested by Otto IV) Succeeded by
      Otto IV
      Preceded by
      Conrad II Hohenstaufen Duke of Swabia
      1196–1208 Succeeded by
      Frederick VI
    • He was bishop of Wurzburg and destined for the church, but after the death of
      his brother Frederick in 1191, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career.
      Another brother, Emperor Henry VI, made him Duke of Swabia in 1196 and Duke
      of Tuscany in 1195. After brother Henry died in 1197, the heir was only three
      years old (Frederick II), and Philip was elected as King to succeed his
      brother. Civil was ensued, for Otto, a son of Henry the Lion was also elected
      that same year. While mobilizing his army, Philip was murdered at Bamberg.
    • He was bishop of Wurzburg and destined for the church, but after the death of
      his brother Frederick in 1191, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career.
      Another brother, Emperor Henry VI, made him Duke of Swabia in 1196 and Duke
      of Tuscany in 1195. After brother Henry died in 1197, the heir was only three
      years old (Frederick II), and Philip was elected as King to succeed his
      brother. Civil was ensued, for Otto, a son of Henry the Lion was also elected
      that same year. While mobilizing his army, Philip was murdered at Bamberg.
    • He was bishop of Wurzburg and destined for the church, but after the death of
      his brother Frederick in 1191, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career.
      Another brother, Emperor Henry VI, made him Duke of Swabia in 1196 and Duke
      of Tuscany in 1195. After brother Henry died in 1197, the heir was only three
      years old (Frederick II), and Philip was elected as King to succeed his
      brother. Civil was ensued, for Otto, a son of Henry the Lion was also elected
      that same year. While mobilizing his army, Philip was murdered at Bamberg.
    • He was bishop of Wurzburg and destined for the church, but after the death of
      his brother Frederick in 1191, he abandoned his ecclesiastical career.
      Another brother, Emperor Henry VI, made him Duke of Swabia in 1196 and Duke
      of Tuscany in 1195. After brother Henry died in 1197, the heir was only three
      years old (Frederick II), and Philip was elected as King to succeed his
      brother. Civil was ensued, for Otto, a son of Henry the Lion was also elected
      that same year. While mobilizing his army, Philip was murdered at Bamberg.
    • [alfred_descendants10gen_fromrootsweb_bartont.FTW]

      Duke of Swabia; Margrave of Tuscany, Emperor of Germany, 1198; m. Irene Angelica, dau. of Isaac II Angelus. (CCN 802. Generations 21-27; Thatcher 322; G.P. Fisher, op. cit. 259). Weis 45-27.

    • 16. Frederick von Büren

      8. Frederick I, Duke of Swabia

      17. Hildegard von Bar-Mousson

      4. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia

      18. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

      9. Agnes of Germany

      19. Bertha of Savoy

      2. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

      20. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria

      10. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

      21. Judith of Flanders

      5. Judith of Bavaria

      22. Magnus, Duke of Saxony

      11. Wulfhild of Saxony

      23. Sophia of Hungary

      1. Philip of Swabia

      24. William I, Count of Bourgogne

      12. Stephen I, Count of Bourgogne

      25. Stephanie

      6. Renaud III, Count of Bourgogne

      13. Beatrix of Lorraine

      3. Beatrice I, Countess of Bourgogne

      28. Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine

      14. Simon I, Duke of Lorraine

      29. Hedwige of Formbach

      7. Agatha of Lorraine

      30. Henry III of Leuven

      15. Adelaide of Leuven

      31. Gertrude of Flanders

      [edit]
      See also
    • Fought for crown 10 years, died before crowning by Pope.
      Phillip II, son by (2), b. 1177/81, murdered at Bamberg by Otto of Wittelsbach, 21 June 1208, Duke of Swabia, Margrave of Tuscany, Emperor of Germany, 1198; m. 1196, Irene Angelica, daughter of Isaac II Angelus, d. 1204, Eastern Roman Emperor, son of Andronicus Angelus (m. Euphrosyne Castamonita), son of Theodora Comnena (m. Constantinus Angelus), daughter of Alexis I, Comnenus, b. 1048, d. 15 Aug 1118, Emperor of the East, who m. c 1078, Irene, daughter of Andonicus Ducas, by wife Maria, daughter of Trojan of Bulgaria, son of Samuel, d. 1014, King of Bulgaria. [Ancestral Roots, line 45-27]
    • Philip of Swabia (1177-1208) was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, t he rival of the emperor Otto IV. He was the fifth and youngest son o f the emperor Frederick I and Beatrix, daughter of Renaud III, count o f Burgundy, and consequently brother of the emperor Henry VI. He enter ed the clergy, was made provost ofAix-la-Chapelle, and in 1190 or 119 1 was chosen bishop of Würzburg. Having accompanied his brother Henry to Italy in 1191, Philip forsook his ecclesiastical calling, and, trav elling again to Italy, was made duke of Tuscany in 1195 and received a n extensive grant of lands. In 1196 he became duke of Swabia, on the d eath of his brother Conrad; and in May 1197 he married Irene Angelina , daughter of the Byzantine emperor, Isaac II, and widow of Roger III , Titular King of Sicily, a lady who is described by Walther von der V ogelweide as " the rose without a thorn, the dove without guile."

      Philip enjoyed his brother's confidence to a very great extent, and ap pears to have been designated as guardian of the young Frederick, afte rwards the emperor Frederick II, in case of his father's early death.I n 1197 he had set out to fetch Frederick from Sicily for his coronatio n when he heard of the emperor's death and returned at once to Germany . He appears to have desired to protect the interests of his nephew an d to quell the disorder which arose on Henry's death, but events were too strong for him. The hostility to the kingship of a child was growi ng, and after Philip had been chosen as defender of the empire during Frederick's minority he consented to his own election. He was elected German king at Muhlhausen on March 8, 1198 with the support of Phillip pe of France, and crowned at Mainz on the following September 8th. I n 1198, as the heir of his brother Henry's estate, Phillipp was obliga ted by the Pope to refund the ransom money that had been collected by Henry for the ransom of Richard I.

      Meanwhile a number of princes hostile to Philip, under the leadershipo f Adolph, Archbishop of Cologne, had elected an anti-king in the perso n of Otto, second son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. In the war th at followed, Philip, who drew his principal support from south Germany , met with considerable success. In 1199 he received further accessio ns to his party and carried the war into his opponent's territory, alt hough unable to obtain the support of Pope Innocent III, and only feeb ly assisted by his ally Philip Augustus, king of France. The followin g year was less favourable to his arms; and in March 1201 Innocent too k the decisive step of placing Philip and his associates under the ban , and began to work energetically in favour of Otto.

      Also in 1201, Philip was visited by his cousin Boniface of Montferrat , the leader of the Fourth Crusade. The Crusaders were by this time un der Venetian control and were besieging Zara on the Adriatic Sea. Alth ough Boniface's exact reasons for meeting with Philip are unknown, whi le at Philip's court he also met Alexius Angelus, Philip's brother-in- law. Alexius convinced Boniface, and later the Venetians, to divert th e Crusade to Constantinople and restore Isaac II to the throne, as heh ad recently been deposed by Alexius III, Alexius and Irene's uncle.

      The two succeeding years were still more unfavourable to Philip. Otto , aided by Ottokar I, king of Bohemia, and Hermann I, landgrave of Thu ringia, drove him from north Germany, thus compelling him to seek by a bject concessions, but without success, reconciliation with Innocent.T he submission to Philip of Hermann of Thuringia in 1204 marks the turn ing-point of his fortunes, and he was soon joined by Adolph of Cologn e and Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

      On January 6, 1205 he was crowned again with great ceremony by Adolpha t Aix-la-Chapelle, though it was not till 1207 that his entry into Col ogne practically brought the war to a close. A month or two later Phil ip was loosed from the papal ban, and in March 1208 it seems probable that a treaty was concluded by which a nephew of the pope was to marr y one of Philip's daughters and to receive the disputed dukedom of Tus cany. Philip was preparing to crush the last flicker of the rebellion in Brunswick-Lüneburg when he was murdered at Bamberg, on June 21, 120 8, by Otto of Wittelsbach, count palatine in Bavaria, to whom he had r efused the hand of one of his daughters. Philip was a brave and handso me man, and contemporary writers, among whom was Walther von der Vogel weide, praise his mildness and generosity.
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    Father Friedrich I "Barbarossa" von Hohenstaufen, Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches,   b. Abt 1122, Haguenau Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1190, Saleph River/Göksu, Silifke Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Beatrice de Borgoña,   b. 1143, Hoch Bourgogne, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1184  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 16 Jun 1156  Schwaben,,Bayern,Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6000000006728100252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irini Maria Άγγελος,   b. Between 1172 and 1181, Constantinople Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1208, Hohenstaufen, Goppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 1197 
    Children 
     1. Maria von Hohenstaufen,   b. 3 Apr 1201,   d. 29 Mar 1235  (Age 33 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000079328298016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart