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Frederick Barbarossa

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Frederick Barbarossa [ˌbɑːbəˈrɒsə]
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(Biographies / Frederick Barbarossa (?1123-1190) M, German, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) official title Frederick I. ?1123-90, Holy Roman Emperor (1155-90), king of Germany (1152-90). His attempt to assert imperial rights in Italy ended in his defeat at Legnano (1176) and the independence of the Lombard cities (1183)
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Noun1.Frederick BarbarossaFrederick Barbarossa - Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
Barbarossa, Frederick I


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One ought, indeed, to turn away from her rags, her poverty and her humiliation, and think of her only as she was when she sunk the fleets of Charlemagne; when she humbled Frederick Barbarossa or waved her victorious banners above the battlements of Constantinople.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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