Hohenstaufen dynasty king (r. 1138–1152)
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He led the disastrous Second Crusade alongside Louis VII, lost the battle at Doryleum, fell ill in Constantinople, and watched sieges collapse in Jerusalem — then came home to find his kingdom fractured by the Guelph-Ghibelline wars that would haunt Germany for centuries.
Conrad III was the son of Duke Frederick I of Swabia and Agnes, daughter of Emperor Henry IV. From 1116 to 1120 he held the Duchy of Franconia, then spent 1127 to 1135 as anti-king against Lothair III before finally securing the throne as King of the Romans in 1138. His reign opened the long feud between Guelphs and Ghibellines that would define imperial politics for generations. In 1147 he joined Louis VII on the Second Crusade, suffered defeat at Doryleum, fell ill and retreated to Constantinople to recover, then pushed on to Jerusalem only to see his sieges fail one after another. Back in G…
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Conrad was ignorant of the seizure of his camp and the disaster which had occurred.
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