High Middle Ages · Europe · Politics

1194

Henry VI crowned King of Sicily

November 20, 1194

Having finally subdued the Sicilian opposition with his ransom wealth, the Hohenstaufen emperor was crowned king of Sicily at Palermo on Christmas Day. The next day his wife Constance gave birth to their only son Frederick in a tent in the Marche of Ancona. The child would be Stupor Mundi.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: February 14, 1193: Richard I imprisoned by Henry VI
After: April 8, 1195: Isaac II Angelos deposed and blinded

Before and after in Politics

Before: March 4, 1193: Death of Saladin
After: April 8, 1195: Isaac II Angelos deposed and blinded

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor