King of Germany from 1198 until his assassination in 1208
It has been suggested that March 1198 imperial election be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2024.
Philip
Philip of Swabia with the Imperial Regalia, miniature in the Chronicle of Weissenau Abbey, ca. 1250. Kantonsbibliothek St. Gallen (Vadiana Collection, Ms. 321, p. 40.)
King of Germany (King of the Romans)
Reign
8 March 1198 – 21 June 1208
Coronation
8 September 1198, Mainz
Predecessor
Henry VI
Successor
Otto IV
Duke of Swabia
Reign
15 August 1196 – 21 June 1208
Predecessor
Conrad II
Successor
Frederick IV
Born
February/March 1177 Pavia, Italy
Died
(1208-06-21)21 June 1208 (aged 31) Bamberg, Franconia, Germany
Burial
Speyer Cathedral
Spouse
Irene Angelina
(m. 1197)
Issue
Beatrix, Holy Roman Empress
Maria
Kunigunde, Queen of Bohemia
Elisabeth, Queen of Castile
House
Hohenstaufen
Father
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
Philip of Swabia (February/March 1177 – 21 June 1208), styled Philip II[a] in his charters, was a member of the House of Hohenstaufen and King of Germany from 1198 until his assassination.
The death of Philip's older brother Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1197 meant that the Hohenstaufen rule (which reached as far as the Kingdom of Sicily) collapsed in imperial Italy and created a power vacuum to the north of the Alps. Reservations about the kingship of Henry's underage son, Frederick, led to two royal elections in 1198, which resulted in the German throne dispute: the two elected kings, Philip of Swabia and Otto of Brunswick, claimed the throne for themselves. Both opponents tried in the following years through European and papal support, with the help of money and gifts, through demonstrative public appearances and rituals, to decide the conflict for oneself by raising ranks or by military and diplomatic measures. Philip was able to increasingly assert his kingship against Otto in the north part of the Alps. However, at the height of his power, he was assassinated in 1208. This ended the dispute for the throne; his opponent Otto quickly found recognition. Philip was the first German king to be murdered during his reign. In posterity, Philip is one of the little-noticed Hohenstaufen rulers.
^Maiorov 2021, p. 260.
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