Hohenstaufen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hohenstaufen
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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To placate the papacy, Hohenstaufen ruler Frederick II agreed to lead a new crusade, but personal misfortune and lack of enthusiasm among Europe’s vassals hindered his ability to get underway.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Hohenstaufen family ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which encompassed much of the southern half of the Italian peninsula and the island of Sicily.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
My favourite guy, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, was in this period, and was remarkably modern in a way that, say, Charlemagne was not.
From Forbes ● Feb. 13, 2012
Another theory derives Ghibelline from Gibello, a word used by the Sicilian Arabs to translate Hohenstaufen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Italy, she said, had always sucked the blood and strength of the Hohenstaufen, and if she could, she would stop the drain ere it robbed her of her only child.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
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