Referenced as the Holy Roman Emperor who was already wary of Robert Giscard's growing power in southern Italy. Alexios exploited this by pointing out the threat of Robert's overseas expansion; Robert subsequently drove the German Emperor from Italy and carried out a brutal three-day sack of Rome in the course of returning to deal with the Alexios-backed Norman revolt.
Also known as: Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor · German Emperor
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Episode 14 (2 mentions)
Referenced as the Holy Roman Emperor who was already wary of Robert Giscard's growing power in southern Italy. Alexios exploited this by pointing out the threat of Robert's overseas expansion; Robert subsequently drove the German Emperor from Italy and carried out a brutal three-day sack of Rome in the course of returning to deal with the Alexios-backed Norman revolt.
“resistance, driving the German Emperor from Italy, and carrying out a brutal three-day”
“He had given orders that the 40,000 French and German peasants that swarmed into imperial”
Episode 15 (4 mentions)
“After only nine days, a group of German mercenaries inside the city were bribed to open the gates,”
“but as soon as the German army crossed into imperial territory,”
“The German army swept all before it as it advanced across Asia Minor,”
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