r/HolyRomanEmperors Frederick Barbarossa 5d ago

HISTORY Guess the Emperor

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u/Objective-Golf-7616 Frederick II 5d ago

If they’re ‘excommunicated’, it’s usually a Staufen :) —it’s a badge of honor, and really ends up being an admission by the papacy that the emperor is actually beyond its power and reach, which dooms by the time when Philip IV comes for Boniface VIII.

Clearly Barbarossa though.

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u/Worldwar2Historian Frederick Barbarossa 5d ago

Yep