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Agnes' father, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine and the half-brother of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , was a politician, who aimed for peace and reconciliation in the kingdom. Even before 1180, he had betrothed his daughter to Henry, the eldest son of Henry the Lion , in order to defuse the re-emerging conflict between the Houses of Hohenstaufen and Welf .
1176
| 1176 • Sens Cathedral installs an horologe, presumed to be an early form of clock. |
1201
Age: 25y
birth of childAgnes Welf 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1201 • John of England puts an embargo on wheat exported to Flanders in an attempt to force an allegiance between the states. He also puts a levy of a fifteenth on the value of cargo exported to France, and disallows the export of wool to France without a special license. The levies are enforced in each port by at least six men, including one churchman and one knight.King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 122 John also affirms this year that judgements made by the court of Westminster are as valid as those made "before the king himself or his chief justice".King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 131 |
1204
May 7
Age: 28y
| 1204 • Baldwin, Count of Flanders is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire a week after his election by the members of the Fourth Crusade. |