Who was Frederick I? Why the germany states remind separated?

1. He became the King of Germany in 1152, he was crowned King of Italy in 1155 and then Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV at the same year.

2. He is between the most biggest Holy Roman Emperors.

3. Frederick I was the first ruler to call his lands the Holy Roman Empire.

4. His army was very big and he use it for dominate the German Princes.

5. Frederick follow Otto’s example and start to invade the most rich cities in Italy.

6. He was very intelligent and with his brutal tactics and army make that the merchants create a alliance against him.

7. In 1176, the foot soldiers of the Lombard League faced Frederick’s army of mounted knights at the Battle of Legnano.

8. Frederick I or Frederick Barbarossa was the Holy Roman Emperor from 2 January 1155 until his death.

9. Other reason was the feudalism system implanted, that consist in the kings delegates functions to the noble doing that this got a lot of power and autonomy, finishing in a separation.

10. A consequence was that the successor of frederick try to unify the empire one more time beginning other wars.

10.1. The principal reason was the death of frederick, since it left a vacuum of power that the German princes took advantage of to gain autonomy

11. Other was reason that divide more the german states was the elective monarchy they had, which that instead of inheriting, the emperor was chosen by a 7 German princess.

12. A secondary reason was the derrote of the emperor italy that made the Emperor lose authority causing the German princes to lose respect

13. The separation of the german states pass in 1190.

14. A consequence of the separation was that the sacred empire went from being a solid state to a divided one with autonomous states.