Frederick I Barbarossa was born in 1122. His father was a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, while is mother came from the House of Welf. He became Duke of Swabia in 1147, German King in 1152 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1155. His reign was influenced by his conflicts with the Lombard League and the Pope. Later he prepared the Third Crucade, but before he reached his destination, he drowned in the Saleph River in 1190.
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