Frederick Barbarossa

noun

1. Frederick I ( def 1 ).

Frederick Barbarossa

/ ˌbɑːbəˈrɒsə /

noun

1. Frederick Barbarossa?11231190MGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler official title Frederick I . ?1123–90, Holy Roman Emperor (1155–90), king of Germany (1152–90). His attempt to assert imperial rights in Italy ended in his defeat at Legnano (1176) and the independence of the Lombard cities (1183)

Example Sentences

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From Literature

The story involves the sufferings of the Tuscan populace under the occupying yoke of Frederick Barbarossa, the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Germany.

From The New Yorker

And if you do come up with something, was it also there back in the days of Goethe, of Martin Luther and of Frederick Barbarossa?

From The Guardian

His maternal ancestors had been given the right, by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, to bear the arms of the Holy Roman Empire.

From BBC

We will never be sure for example if a certain Colonel Walker of the Royal Marines knew much about Frederick Barbarossa, emperor of the Germans.

From BBC