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FREDERICK II OF HOHENSTAUFEN

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen king of Sicily (Jesi 1194 - Lucera 1250)

son of Henry IV and Constance of Hauteville, grandson of Frederick I of Swabia (Barbarossa). Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1208 assumed the government of the kingdom of Sicily and Puglia. Many and hard were his political affairs and war. We simply say that he was a man of culture, legislature tempering enlightened prince of the Middle Ages. The more care devoted to the kingdom of Sicily, where he held splendid court in Palermo. He founded the University of Naples and new cities. Encouraged economic activities; He promulgated the famous Constitutions of Melfi. Cultured (he knew five languages, and spoke in Sicily Sicilian). He loved to surround himself with products. Was himself a writer and poet. He was responsible for the rise of the Sicilian School, which was the cradle of Italian poetry.


FREDERICK II OF HOHENSTAUFEN

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