War with Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

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The War with Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor was a late 12th-century conflict over the Sicilian throne, in which Emperor Henry VI sought to assert his dynastic claim against the rule of Tancred of Lecce.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval conflict
war
conflictOver Sicilian throne
conflictType succession war
hasBelligerent Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Sicily
hasBelligerentLeader Constance of Sicily
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II of France
Richard I of England
Roger of Andria
Tancred of Lecce
hasCause contested succession after the death of William II of Sicily
dynastic claim of Henry VI to the Sicilian throne
election of Tancred of Lecce as king of Sicily
hasDynasticContext Hohenstaufen–Norman rivalry in Southern Italy
hasEndTime 1194
hasFollowingEvent consolidation of Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily
reign of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in Sicily
hasLocation Apulia
Bari
Brindisi
Calabria
Campania
Capua
Catania
Italy
Kingdom of Sicily
Messina
Naples
Palermo
Salerno
Sicily
Southern Italy
Taranto
Troia
hasMainBelligerent Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Tancred of Lecce
hasOutcome incorporation of the Kingdom of Sicily into the Hohenstaufen sphere of influence
recognition of Henry VI as king of Sicily
victory of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire
Hauteville dynasty
Hohenstaufen dynasty
Papal States
local Sicilian nobility
hasPrecedingEvent death of William II of Sicily
marriage of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily
hasStartTime 1189
late 12th century
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
involvesDynasticClaim claim of Constance of Sicily as heiress of William II of Sicily
partOf Hohenstaufen expansion in Italy
primaryClaimant Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
relatedTo Papal–imperial conflict in the 12th century
Third Crusade
rivalClaimant Tancred of Lecce

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Tancred of Lecce conflict War with Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor