Hohenstaufen
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The Hohenstaufen dynasty, also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of German origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle A
The Hohenstaufen Castle ruin
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his sons King Henry VI and Duke Frederick V of Swabia, Historia Welforum, 1167/79, Weingarten Abbey
Frederick's Castel del Monte, in Andria, Apulia, Italy
Frederick II with his falcon, from De arte venandi cum avibus, c. 1240, Vatican Library
Conradin
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Conrad III, called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin, was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke of Swabia and nominal King of Jerusalem and
King Conrad the Younger, from the Codex Manesse (Folio 7r), c. 1304
Execution of Conradin by Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica, 14th century
Memorial by Thorvaldsen