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Germany: Icon of Henry VI (1165-1197), 21st Holy Roman emperor, from the book Icones imperatorvm romanorvm, ex priscis numismatibus ad viuum delineatae, & breui narratione historica, c. 1645

Germany: Icon of Henry VI (1165-1197), 21st Holy Roman emperor, from the book <i>Icones imperatorvm romanorvm, ex priscis numismatibus ad viuum delineatae, & breui narratione historica</i>, c. 1645

Henry VI (1165-1197) was the second son of Emperor Frederick I, and married the daughter of the late Norman king Roger II of Sicily, Constance of Sicily, in 1186. When his father died in 1190, he became King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor in 1191.

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