Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance

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The Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance was a 13th-century political and marital union linking the German imperial Hohenstaufen dynasty with the English royal House of Plantagenet to strengthen their mutual influence in European affairs.

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Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic alliance
marital alliance
political alliance
aim consolidate imperial and royal authority
counterbalance Capetian power in France
strengthen mutual influence in European affairs
characteristic based on dynastic marriages
influenced by papal diplomacy
involved cross-Channel diplomacy
linked imperial and English royal succession interests
dissolvedBy changing priorities of English monarchy
decline and fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
intensification of papal opposition to the Hohenstaufen
endTime mid-13th century
hasPart diplomatic cooperation between the Holy Roman Empire and the Angevin Empire
marriage negotiations involving Frederick II and English royal kin
marriage of Henry VI and Constance of Sicily
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
location Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Sicily
Western Europe
participant Constance of Sicily
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Emperor Otto IV of Brunswick
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II of England
Henry III of England
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry the Lion
Holy Roman Empire
House of Hohenstaufen
House of Plantagenet
King John of England
Kingdom of England
Richard I of England
politicalContext Anglo-French rivalry in the High Middle Ages
papal-imperial conflict in the 13th century
struggle between Hohenstaufen and Welf factions in the Holy Roman Empire
relatedTo Angevin Empire
Anglo-French wars of the 12th and 13th centuries
Guelphs and Ghibellines
linked to: Ghibellines

Hohenstaufen–Welf rivalry
House of Anjou
result heightened papal concern over imperial-English cooperation
increased Plantagenet involvement in continental politics
temporary alignment of English and imperial policies
startTime early 13th century
timePeriod 13th century

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Philip, son of Frederick II and Isabella of England associatedWith Hohenstaufen–Plantagenet dynastic alliance