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26-408: Frederick VI or Friedrich VI may refer to: Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167–1191) Frederick VI, Count of Zollern (died 1298) Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1617–1677) Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829) Frederick VI of Denmark (1768–1839), King of Denmark and Norway [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

52-457: A man and a woman could not marry if they shared an ancestor within the last seven generations. The council therefore declared the marriage void. Ingeborg protested again and the Danes sent a delegation to meet Pope Celestine III. They convinced him that the spurious family tree was false but the pope merely declared the annulment invalid and prohibited Philip from marrying again. Philip ignored

78-630: A solemn oath to join his father on the Third Crusade . On 11 May 1189, he set out with the Crusader army from Regensburg . In his journey he arrived to the Kingdom of Hungary , where he was betrothed to Constance , a daughter of King Béla III , an ally of Barbarossa. Frederick VI's early death in the Crusade prevented the marriage from proceeding; some years later, in 1198, Constance became in

104-564: A three-lion crest was currently part of the Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg . In 1181, Frederick VI was betrothed to a seven-years-old daughter of King Valdemar I of Denmark , whose identity is uncertain. After the brother of the bride and new King Canute VI of Denmark refused to give half of her dowry, the Emperor decided to send the princess (who had been living in Germany for five years at

130-636: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia Frederick VI of Hohenstaufen was born in Modigliana in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna . He was the third son of Frederick I Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy . Originally named Conrad, he took the name of Frederick after the death of his eldest brother Frederick V, Duke of Swabia in 1170. He also succeeded him as Duke Frederick VI of Swabia, being

156-697: The Saleph River in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , Frederick VI took command of the German forces and led them south towards Antioch. Although a large number of the Crusaders left the army and sailed from Antioch to their homeland, Frederick VI wanted to move to Jerusalem with his remaining army. In Tripoli , a large part of his companions became ill on malaria , which is why only around 700 knights arrived with him in early October 1190 to besiege

182-478: The Pope complied to gain his political support. However, later that year Philip again asked for an annulment, claiming that Ingeborg had tried to bewitch him in the wedding night and thus made him unable to consummate the marriage. So he asked for divorce on the grounds of witchcraft . This attempt failed as well. Philip reconciled with Ingeborg in 1213, not out of altruism but because he wished to press his claims to

208-553: The Pope's verdict. Ingeborg spent the next 20 years in virtual imprisonment in various French castles. In one stage she spent more than a decade in the castle of Étampes southwest of Paris. Her brother Knud VI and his advisers continually worked against the annulment. Contemporary sources also indicate that many of Philip's advisers in France supported Ingeborg. Political reasons for this royal marriage are disputed, but Philip probably wanted to gain better relations with Denmark because

234-472: The Romans, personally received the accolade from their father. The Emperor's sons and many princes, who followed their example and did not want to be inferior to them in this respect, gave the knights and minstrels gifts in the form of horses, precious clothes, gold and silver. This was followed by a riding event called gyrum, at which the knights showed their skills in swinging shields, banners and lances. Among

260-577: The abbot of the Danish monastery of Æbelholt . Pope Celestine defended the Queen, but was able to do little for her. Indeed, Philip asked Pope Celestine III for an annulment on the grounds of non- consummation "per maleficium", impotence caused by sorcery. (Historians have presented many theories for the alleged lack of consummation from temporary impotence to bouts of sweating sickness ). Philip had not reckoned with Ingeborg, however; she insisted that

286-464: The alleged 20,000 participants were the emperor and his sons. The next day the riding events continued. In the following week fighting games were to take place in Ingelheim . However, a storm caused several tents and the wooden church to collapse and also caused deaths among the celebrants. This was interpreted as a divine sign and the celebration was not continued. On 27 March 1188, Frederick VI made

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312-646: The city of Acre . While at Acre, Frederick VI wrote his brother, Henry VI, asking for him to gain papal recognition for the hospital at Acre. Having also been stricken with malaria, Frederick VI died on 20 January 1191 and was buried in Acre. Due to Acre remaining occupied by Saladin's troops at that time, the remaining crusaders were unable to enter the city and left the Holy Land after Frederick VI's death. Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France Ingeborg of Denmark ( French : Ingeburge ; 1174 – 29 July 1237)

338-578: The countries had been on different sides in the schism of the future succession to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire . Possibly he also wanted more allies against the rival Angevin dynasty. As a dowry , he had asked for the support of the Danish fleet for a year and the right to any remaining claims Denmark had to the throne of England. Ingeborg's brother Knud VI agreed only to a dowry of 10.000 silver marks. Marriage had been negotiated through Philip's adviser Bernard of Vincennes and Guillaume,

364-607: The day after his marriage to Ingeborg, King Philip changed his mind, wished to obtain a separation and attempted to send her back to Denmark. Outraged, Ingeborg fled to a convent in Soissons , from where she protested to Pope Celestine III . Three months after the wedding, Philip summoned an ecclesiastical council in Compiègne and had it draw a false family tree to show that he and Ingeborg would have been related through Philip's first wife. Contemporary Canon law stated that

390-528: The later Conrad II, Duke of Swabia , was given the name Conrad, which had been able to use because Conrad/Frederick VI renaming and which also had a long tradition within the Staufen dynasty, creates additional confusion when identifying these three sons of Frederick I Barbarossa. Frederick I Barbarossa appointed the noble Degenhard von Hellenstein as Prokurator (Governor) for the Duchy of Swabia while his son

416-674: The marriage had been consummated, and that she was his wife and the rightful Queen of France. The Franco-Danish churchman William of Æbelholt (c. 1127 – 1203) intervened in the case of Philip Augustus who was attempting to repudiate Ingeborg. The genealogy of the Danish kings which William drew up on this occasion to disprove the alleged impediment of consanguinity and two books of his letters, some of which deal with this affair, have come down to us. Philip married Agnes of Merania in June 1196. In that same year, Ingeborg wrote to Pope Celestine III, declaring her grief of this event. This letter

442-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_VI&oldid=1195595250 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

468-532: The second wife of King Ottokar I of Bohemia . As part of his father's army , Frederick VI commanded the van while Barbarossa commanded the rearguard. Upon hearing his father's troops were under attack, he rushed back on horseback with his troops to reinforce them. However, he also had an important role at both the Battle of Philomelion and Battle of Iconium in May 1190. Following his father's death on 10 June 1190 in

494-430: The sixth in unbroken succession Duke of Swabia with the leading Staufen name of Frederick. In the older literature, Conrad/Frederick VI's older brother and predecessor Duke Frederick V of Swabia was partly overlooked, because was thought to be identical to as Conrad/Frederick VI, and for this reason he was therefore not counted as Frederick VI, but referred to as Frederick V. The fact that a younger brother born in 1172,

520-573: The throne of the Kingdom of England through his ties to the Danish crown. Later, on his deathbed in 1223, he is said to have told his son Louis VIII to treat her well. Later, both Louis VIII and Louis IX acknowledged Ingeborg as a legitimate queen. After this time, Ingeborg spent most of her time in a priory of Saint-Jean-de-l'Ile which she had founded. It was close to Corbeil on an island in Essonne . She survived her husband by more than 14 years. Ingeborg of Denmark died in either 1237 or 1238 and

546-510: The time in preparation for her marriage) back to Denmark in 1187 still a virgin (lat: intacta ). The Danish princess could be Ingeborg —whose assumed birth year was around 1175 and would fit with the repudiated child bride—, who later had an unhappy marriage with King Philip II of France . At the Diet of Pentecost in Mainz on 20 May 1184, Frederick VI, together with his brother Henry VI, King of

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572-447: Was Queen of France by marriage to Philip II of France . She was a daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark and Sofia of Minsk . Ingeborg was married to Philip II Augustus of France on 14 August 1193, after the death of Philip's first wife Isabelle of Hainaut (d. 1190). Her marriage brought a large dowry from her brother King Canute VI of Denmark . Stephen of Tournai described her as " very kind, young of age but old of wisdom ." On

598-430: Was excommunicated in 1200, and the kingdom was placed under an interdict . When the king did not comply, Pope Innocent III placed France under interdict in 1199 until September 1200 when Philip said he would obey. He later reneged on that promise. Although the queenship of Ingeborg was restored, she remained imprisoned. Agnes died the following year. In 1201 Philip asked the Pope to declare his children legitimate and

624-494: Was one of a handful of Ingeborg's letters in Latin that spoke of unfair treatment regarding her marriage. Then, in 1198, the new pope, Pope Innocent III , declared that this new marriage was void because the previous marriage was still valid. He ordered Philip to dismiss Agnes and take Ingeborg back. Ingeborg had written to him, stating abuse and isolation and claiming thoughts of suicide because of harsh treatment. Philip's response

650-455: Was to lock Ingeborg away in the Château d'Étampes in Essonne . Locked up in a tower, Ingeborg was a prisoner. Food was irregular and sometimes insufficient. No one was allowed to visit her, except for one occasion when two Danish chaplains were allowed to visit. Philip, meanwhile, brought Agnes back, and continued to live with her, producing a second child, a son. For these offences, Philip

676-565: Was underage. In 1179 the Emperor granted to Frederick VI in addition to the Duchy of Swabia, some areas acquired in Upper Swabia and Bavaria on the basis of contracts of inheritance with Duke Welf I of Bavaria and Count Rudolf of Pfullendorf. For the first a lion was found on a Hohenstaufen coat of arms in a seal of Frederick VI dated around 1181. This design was in also in a 1220 seal of Duke Henry of Swabia, later Staufen King Henry (VII) of Germany . The extended version of this seal with

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