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Hohenstaufen
German royal dynasty

Named after the castle of Staufen in north-east Swabia, dukes of Swabia from 1079, from 1138 to 1254 its members were Holy Roman Emperors, starting with Conrad III and ending with Conrad IV, and including Frederick I, Barbarossa and Frederick II. They were also kings of Germany and of Sicily. The Hohenstaufen period is associated with a flowering of German courtly culture.