{"slug": "lothair-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_III%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77189", "qid": "Q77189", "description": "Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1115, 1143], "span_label": ["1115 CE", "1143 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duchy-of-bavaria", "label": "Duchy of Bavaria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "conrad-iii-of-germany", "label": "Conrad III of Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alps", "label": "Alps", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bernard-of-clairvaux", "label": "Bernard of Clairvaux", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxony-anhalt", "label": "Saxony-Anhalt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roger-ii-of-sicily", "label": "Roger II of Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1115, "year_label": "1115 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – Battle of Welfesholz: Duke Lothair of Supplinburg joins the rebellious Saxon forces, and defeats the German Imperial Army of Emperor Henry V at Welfesholz, in Saxony-Anhalt (modern Germany).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369310142#Europe", "title": "1115", "revid": 1369310142, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, dies of cancer in Utrecht after leading an expedition against King Louis VI (\"the Fat\") of France and then against the citizens of Worms. Having no legitimate children, Henry leaves his possessions to his nephew, Frederick II (\"the One-Eyed\"), duke of Swabia. At the Hoftag diet in Regensburg, Lothair, duke of Saxony, is elected King of Germany and crowned at Aachen on September 13.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Europe", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1126, "year_label": "1126 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Winter – King Lothair III makes Henry X (\"the Proud\"), duke of Bavaria to succeed his late father, Henry IX (\"the Black\"), who has died on December 13.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368526441#Europe", "title": "1126", "revid": 1368526441, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1126, "year_label": "1126 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 18", "text": "February 18 – Battle of Chlumec: Duke Soběslav I defeats a German army under King Lothair III and his Moravian ally, Duke Otto II the Black. Soběslav becomes the head of the Bohemian Principality.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368526441#Europe", "title": "1126", "revid": 1368526441, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1133, "year_label": "1133 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – A German expeditionary force, led by King Lothair III, marches into northern Italy, and arrives at Rome, after a 6-month journey across the Alps. Accompanied by Bernard of Clairvaux, French abbot and Doctor of the Church, Lothair is crowned by Pope Innocent II as Holy Roman Emperor at the Church of the Lateran, on June 4. He receives as papal fiefs the vast estates of Matilda, former margravine of Tuscany, which he secures for his daughter Gertrude of Süpplingenburg and her husband, Duke Henry X (the Proud) of Bavaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362156605#Europe", "title": "1133", "revid": 1362156605, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Emperor Lothair III receives homage from Eric II, and makes him an imperial prince at the Reichstag. His diplomatic missions to Hungary and Poland result in a tribute payment. Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth is given Pomerania and Rügen as German fiefs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#Europe", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1136, "year_label": "1136 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Emperor Lothair III invades southern Italy in response to the appeal of Emperor John II Komnenos (see 1135) and conquers Apulia from King Roger II of Sicily. Duke Grimoald of Bari, supported by Lothair III, rebels against Roger.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584360#Europe", "title": "1136", "revid": 1365584360, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1137, "year_label": "1137 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – Emperor Lothair III dies at Breitenwang in Tyrol, while retreating from Italy after a mutiny among his troops. His son-in-law Henry X (the Proud), duke of Bavaria, inherits the Duchy of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362157430#Europe", "title": "1137", "revid": 1362157430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1138, "year_label": "1138 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Conrad III is elected as King of Germany, in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin at Koblenz. He is crowned at Aachen six days later (on March 13), and acknowledged in Bamberg by several German princes of southern Germany. Henry X (the Proud), son-in-law and heir of the late King Lothair III, refuses his allegiance to Conrad. He is deprived of all his Saxon territories, which are given to Leopold IV (the Generous).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366421724#Europe", "title": "1138", "revid": 1366421724, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1143, "year_label": "1143 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Conrad III gives Bavaria to his half-brother Henry II (\"Jasomirgott\"). His wife, Gertrude (daughter of the late Emperor Lothair III) dies in childbirth at Klosterneuburg Monastery in Lower Austria on April 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337864253#Europe", "title": "1143", "revid": 1337864253, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}