A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 91. — Seal of Emperor Frederick II. as King of .Jerusalem. The emperor seatedupon an elaborate throne; in his right liand a soeptre with cro-^s and lily: in hisleft the imperial globe. Legend: t FUIDEKICVS 1)1 G1!A IMPEKATOKK(> . . ORV SEMP AYGVSTV. In the field HEX—IKKLM. (From animpression in the Uritish Museum.) the besieged force and burned to the ground, the imiierial armyfleeing in v,n[d disorder. Frederick himself was absent on a hunting-expedition ; but an immense booty, including the crown
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 91. — Seal of Emperor Frederick II. as King of .Jerusalem. The emperor seatedupon an elaborate throne; in his right liand a soeptre with cro-^s and lily: in hisleft the imperial globe. Legend: t FUIDEKICVS 1)1 G1!A IMPEKATOKK(> . . ORV SEMP AYGVSTV. In the field HEX—IKKLM. (From animpression in the Uritish Museum.) the besieged force and burned to the ground, the imiierial armyfleeing in v,n[d disorder. Frederick himself was absent on a hunting-expedition ; but an immense booty, including the crown and thegreat seal, fell into the conquerors hands. The emperors powerin Italy was now shaken to its fimndation. Desertion became gen-eral. Even trusted confid:ints and personal attendants made theirpeace with his enemies. Frederick was isolated. Thaddens ofSuessa had fallen before Parma. The imperial chancellor, Peter MISFORTUNES OF FnEDERICK IL * 213. Vu,. riie jujal fhapel (capella palatiua), in the pahiL-i- i>i kings atPalermo, 112J-U-iO. (From Gailhabaad.) of Vinea, is said to luive made an attempt on the emperors lifeby poison, and to have escaped retribution by suicide. But morethan all was Frederick affected by the capture by the Bolognese ofhis favorite King Enzio, at the battle of Fossalta in 1241), and his 214 FALL OF THE UOUSE OF UOUENSTAUFEN. condemnation to life-long imprisonment. Regardless of the exhaus-tion of the land, pieparatious for a new campaign were begun on agrand scale; but before the emperor could appear on the field hesickened and died, on December 111, 1250. Enveloped in the cowlof a Cistercian monk, and absolved by the archbishop of Palermo,he o-ave up his spirit in the arms of his tenderly loved illegitimateyoungest son, Manfred. A Norman-Sicilian by birth and sentiment,he was laid to rest in the cathedral of Palermo (cf. Fig. 92). By Fredericks death the great conflict was decided, and the
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