Frederick Barbarossa

American  

noun

1. Frederick I.

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Frederick Barbarossa British  

/ ˌbɑːbəˈrɒsə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

And if you do come up with something, was it also there back in the days of Goethe, of Martin Luther and of Frederick Barbarossa?

From The Guardian • Sep. 9, 2016

His maternal ancestors had been given the right, by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, to bear the arms of the Holy Roman Empire.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2015

As a token of capitulation, the dictator demanded the title "Benefactor of the Church," a distinction last conferred on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1167.

From Time Magazine Archive

Frederick's grandfather was the great conqueror Frederick Barbarossa; his father was Heinrich VI of Germany, the man who captured Richard the Lion-hearted and whom the Italians accurately called Heinrich the Cruel.

From Time Magazine Archive

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein