The HRE had fallen into disrepair in the last several hundred years, and Barbarossa strove to reunite it. As the old saying goes, the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) was neither holy (the Pope did not consider himself a part of the empire), Roman (the HRE had problems keeping Italy within its ranks) or an Empire (the nation-state was little more than dozens of squabbling cities, many of whom had no issues with raising armies to openly challenge their purported Emperor).īarbarossa came to power in 1121. Frederick Barbarossa was a direct descendant of Charlemagne, and emperor by right of birth. The region that we know of as Germany was founded as the Holy Roman Empire by Charlemagne in 800 AD. His period represents the height of the medieval age, when heavy cavalry were coming to dominate warfare, and the inventions of the crossbow and chainmail revolutionized combat. Barbarossa fought in northern Europe, Italy and across into Anatolia on his way to the Third Crusade. He did so many interesting things, and went to war with so many different people, that we felt certain that his story would translate well to Age of Kings. However, Barbarossa's story is an incredible one. He is certain to be the least well known of the five campaign protagonists. ![]() Frederick the First, called Barbarossa because of his red beard, was not an easy choice for an Age of Kings campaign.
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