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  • NAME: Henry VI
  • OCCUPATION: Emperor, King
  • BIRTH DATE: 1165
  • DEATH DATE: September 28, 1197
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Messina, Sicily, Italy
  • AKA: King of Germany
  • AKA: Holy Roman Emperor

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Henry VI was the German king and Holy Roman emperor (1165-1197). His main achievement was increasing his dynasty's power by acquiring of the kingdom of Sicily.


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Born in 1165, Henry VI was the German king and Holy Roman emperor (1165-1197). His main achievement was increasing his dynasty's power by acquiring of the kingdom of Sicily through his marriage to Constance I, daughter of the Sicilian king Roger II. Henry VI failed to make the German crown hereditary, like the Sicilian crown, but his son Frederick II still became king of Sicily after his death.

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