Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor
Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor from 1155. He drowned in a river near Antioch while on a Crusade, but as depicted here there is a legend that he is sleeping with his knights in a cave under a mountain, and that when the ravens cease to fly around the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness
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Picture No
10006213
Media ID
48872541
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed engraving in Scherr, Germania
Date
1122 - 1190
