Picture No | 10006212 |
Date | 1122 - 1190 |
Description | Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor |
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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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Source | Unattributed engraving in Scherr, Germania |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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