Ep. 44: Welf vs Staufer - Lothar III (1125-1137) - A Saxon Emperor

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

With just a 24h delay here is Episode 44. Lothar III being duly elected and crowned declares a 12 month peace for the whole realm., only to break it himself a few months later. Frederick of Hohenstaufen, his rival for the crown is unwilling to hand over the crown lands he is still holding. And after gentle insistence did not achieve much, cold hard steel need to be put to work. In the first 5 years, Lothar is beset with a spot of bad luck. Sieges fail and he even gets beaten by the duke of Bohemia. The Hohenstaufen elect Frederick's younger brother Konrad to be king. Konrad rushes off to Italy to be crowned King of Italy and even makes a bid for the imperial crown.. Being king isn't what it was made out to be. Follow us as Lothar extracts himself from the malaise and even kicks off a new policy arena that will drive Eastern European history for 300 years. Episode webpage: Episode 44 - A Saxon Emperor • History of the Germans Podcast The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau (Michel Rondeau) under https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29 (Common Creative Licence 3.0). As always: Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com Facebook: @HOTGPod Twitter: @germanshistory Instagram: history_of_the_germans Reddit: u/historyofthegermans Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, Episode 44.
0:10.0	Lothar III, a Saxon emperor.
0:13.0	In today's episode we look at the aftermath of the turbulent election of Lothar, third of his name.
0:20.0	Surely the Honestaufen brothers, nephews of the
0:22.6	last empress and heirs to the salient fortune, are not going to take this lying down. Before we start,
0:29.8	just a reminder, the history of the Germans podcast is advertising free thanks to the generosity
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0:47.6	slash history of the Germans
0:49.2	or on my website,
0:51.1	Historyof the Germans.com.
0:53.1	You find all the links in the show notes. And thanks to
0:56.4	Carlos, Gergley and Misty who have already signed up. Last week, you heard how Lothor of
1:03.1	Suplenburg, Duke of Saxony, had been elected King of the Romans. Lothar is counted as Lotha
1:09.6	the third in the list of medieval kings and empress.
1:12.6	If you have listened to this podcast since the beginning, you know that there was no Lothar so far.
1:18.6	We had Henry 1, Henry 2, Henry 3, Henry 4 and 5, Otto 1, 2 and Conrad 1 and 2.
1:25.6	But no Lothar.
1:27.7	So who was Lothar 1 and Lothar 2?
1:30.7	Lothar 1 was the grandson of Charlemagne who was given the strip of land between what would later
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