Post history's biggest disappointments.
>One of Germany's greatest emperors
>Shows himself ruthless and cunning against your foes
>Decides to lead an army to the middle east to fight in the third crusade
>Gathers an army of 100.000
>Crosses some river when halfway there
>Falls off his horse and drowns
What would have happened if he didn't die?
No fights over who would lead the Crusade. Barbarossa was older, more powerful and outranked the two Kings.
German contingent reaches Jerusalem = stronger Crusader states
The interesting thing would be if he found out the Byzantines were helping the Muslims.
>>1278397
>One of Germany's greatest emperors
>lived 1122 – 10 June 1190
>"Germany"
>12th century
kill yourself
>>1278397
Even more disappointing is the fact that he was illiterate and actually not a very good military leader.
>>1278457
He also had a 2inch penis when erect
>>1278453
The >H >R >E was basically just Germany and little bits of Italy and France at that point
>>1278453
Kingdom of Germany was the most powerful imperial title. Go kill yourself with fire.
Remember the society of peace and love?
>>1278461
I heard that he literally shits the bed.
Probably the moment where the crusades failed
>>1278463
>he has to resort to modern states to be able to describe medieval states and polities
absolutely plebian
>>1278464
He was crowned King of the Romans. Are you implying that the Holy Roman Empire was indeed Roman, then?
>>1278512
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_monarchs
>>1278464
>Kingdom
>of
>Germany
So derogatory means utilized by the papacy and foreign leaders to rightfully deny the claimed "Roman"ness of the ""HRE"" means that German unification actually did not occur for the first time in 1871? Somebody should tell historians that.
>Beginning in the late eleventh century, during the Investiture Controversy, the Papal curia began to use the term regnum teutonicorum to refer to the realm of Henry IV in an effort to reduce him to the level of the other kings of Europe, while he himself began to use the title rex Romanorum or King of the Romans to emphasise his divine right to the imperium Romanum. This title was employed most frequently by the German kings themselves, though they did deign to employ "Teutonic" titles when it was diplomatic, such as Frederick Barbarossa's letter to the Pope referring to his receiving the coronam Theutonici regni (crown of the German kingdom). Foreign kings and ecclesiastics continued to refer to the regnum Alemanniae and règne or royaume d'Allemagne. The terms imperium/imperator or empire/emperor were often employed for the German kingdom and its rulers, which indicates a recognition of their imperial stature but combined with "Teutonic" and "Alemannic" references a denial of their Romanitas and universal rule.
Reminds me of that other guy.
>the first of the Germanicus
>shows himself to be an efficient and wise administrator
>leads his legions all over between the Rhine and the elbe
>defeats every foe, even when ambushed, and also in single combat
>make allies out of useful tribes
>prepare to finish the job and establish germania as a Roman province
>falls from his horse and dies, leaving angsty tiberius and useless varus in charge
If Drusus had been a better horseman, germania would have become a new gallia, the huns would have been stopped after the elbe instead of after the Rhine, the germans would have been sedentarized and civilized, and the Roman empire would have lasted a thousand years.
>>1278542
>"List of German monarchs"
>not "List of monarchs of Germany"
you sure showed me
Hey, the mission where he had to convert Milan was pretty fucking hard.
All of you complaining about him being called Germany's emperor while completely ignoring the topic of the thread don't happen to go into rage over people calling the USSR Russia?
>>1278453
We all know that the HRE is Germany.
>>1278813
>Ger
>Man
>Y
>>1278813
If it were predominately German,then it would've never amounted to anything.
>>1278457
>and actually not a very good military leader
what makes you say that, he had crusading experience and led military campaigns basically all of his very long life
>>1278481
I have a hard time imagining the crusades really succeeding long term when the holy land is right at the doorstep of the caliphate. The third crusade was a marginal victory for the crusaders but even if it had been massively more successful muslim raids and skirmishes would have been constant. The Kingdom of Jerusalem just wasn't sustainable when surrounded by enemies.
And lets not forget that if the crusades had somehow managed to completely crush the muslims in the levant they still would have been completely fucked when the Mongols reached that area in the mid 13th century.
>>1282918
25 year rule my /pol/tarded friend
