Agnes of Hohenstaufen
Parents
Spouse
Henry V
Henry V
1173 - 1227
Children
Agnes Welf
Agnes Welf
1201 - 1267

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 • Construction begins on a stone-built London Bridge.

1201


Age: 25y
1201 • The town of Riga is chartered as a city by Bishop Albert, who landed on the site of the town with 1,500 crusaders earlier that year.

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