RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2280
year: 1236
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: People of the kingdom of Jerusalem
text: *Aug. 16 - beginning Oct. Frederick II sends the people of the kingdom of Jerusalem the sealed text of a peace treaty drawn up between him and Phelipe de Treie and Henri de Nazareth, the emissaries of the Commune of Acre.
*Aug. 16 - beginning Oct. Frederick II sends the people of the kingdom of Jerusalem the sealed text of a peace treaty drawn up between him and Phelipe de Treie and Henri de Nazareth, the emissaries of the Commune of Acre.
sources: ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 406; Mayer, UKJ 3:1174-6, no. 688
year: 1238
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Apr. 1-30. The emperor Frederick II assigns rents [panssions] in the Holy Land to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
*Apr. 1-30. The emperor Frederick II assigns rents [panssions] in the Holy Land to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1176-7, no. 689
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2366
year: 1239
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: R. comes Cornubiae
text: Apr. 20. Treviso. Writing to R. comes Cornubiae, the emperor Frederick maintains, among a series of bitter complaints about the actions of Pope Gregory IX against him in Italy and the Holy Land, that the pope accepted bribes to permit the illegitimate marriages of his enemies, that is to say Sipha, the daughter of the comestabulus regni Cypri, to Baliannus de Ybelino, condemned by the [arch]bishop of Nicosia, and the sister of Joannes de Caesaria to Jacobus de Amendolia.
Apr. 20. Treviso. Writing to R. comes Cornubiae, the emperor Frederick maintains, among a series of bitter complaints about the actions of Pope Gregory IX against him in Italy and the Holy Land, that the pope accepted bribes to permit the illegitimate marriages of his enemies, that is to say Sipha... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 3:575-589, esp. p. 586 (RRH no. 1089)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2370
year: 1239
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Riccardus Filangerius
text: *Jul. 1-31. Near Bologna. The emperor Frederick orders R. Filangerius regni Ierosolymitani ballivus et sacri imperii in partibus illis legatus, marescalcus imperatoris, to assist the crusaders (on the Barons’ Crusade).
*Jul. 1-31. Near Bologna. The emperor Frederick orders R. Filangerius regni Ierosolymitani ballivus et sacri imperii in partibus illis legatus, marescalcus imperatoris, to assist the crusaders (on the Barons’ Crusade).
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1177-8, no. 690
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2372
year: 1239
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Riccardus Filangerius
text: *Dec. 15. Sarzana. The emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] Riccardus Filangerius to send to Palermo two men who have expertise in sugar production.
*Dec. 15. Sarzana. The emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] Riccardus Filangerius to send to Palermo two men who have expertise in sugar production.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1178-80, no. 690a
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2375
year: 1239
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: [al-‘Adil II] Saif ad-Din, sultan of Egypt
text: 1239 The emperor Frederick writes to [al-‘Adil II] Saif ad-Din, sultan of Egypt, threatening him unless he returns the Holy Land to Christians. [Saif ad-Din replies aggressively, demanding Frederick prohibit Christians from attacking him]. Pier della Vigna, L’Epistolario, pp. 318-19, nos. 2.18-19 (RRH no. 1098)
1239 The emperor Frederick writes to [al-‘Adil II] Saif ad-Din, sultan of Egypt, threatening him unless he returns the Holy Land to Christians. [Saif ad-Din replies aggressively, demanding Frederick prohibit Christians from attacking him]. Pier della Vigna, L’Epistolario, pp. 318-19, nos. 2.18-19 (... more
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2382
year: 1240
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: King Henry III of England
text: Apr. 25. Foggia. The emperor Frederick writes to King Henry III of England, attributing the recent disastrous losses in the Holy Land to the pope’s organization of a crusade against his advice and promising to do what he can to persuade the sultan of Egypt to release the Christian prisoners-of-war.
Apr. 25. Foggia. The emperor Frederick writes to King Henry III of England, attributing the recent disastrous losses in the Holy Land to the pope’s organization of a crusade against his advice and promising to do what he can to persuade the sultan of Egypt to release the Christian prisoners-of-war.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:26-9 (RRH no. 1094)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2446
year: 1243
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Bailli in the Holy Land
institution: Templars
text: 1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that they withdraw from their plans and recall their emissaries, on the threat of the confiscation of their properties and goods in the kingdom and throughout the western empire.
1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1184-5, no. 693 (RRH no. 1115)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2435
year: 1243
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Thomas de Aquino regis Iherosolimitani balius et sacri imperii in partibus transmarinis legatus
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 31. Melfi. Frederick, dei gracia Romanorum imperator semper augustus Iherusalem et Sicile rex, records under seal that frater Goffridus Balianus, representing the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, came into his presence and asked that the castle of Ascalon be committed to the Order’s care and that it be repaid any necessary expenses. Mindful of the support the Order has given him overseas, Frederick agrees to this request. He has written to Thomas de Aquino regis Iherosolimitani balius et sacri imperii in partibus transmarinis legatus, ordering him to estimate first, by means of the testimony of one or two suitable subjects, what the expenses are, and then to commit the custody of the castle to the magister and brothers, with the commitment to repay the expenses, on his behalf and on that of his son Conrad, Romanorum in regem electus semper augustus et regni Iherosolimitani heres. If the Hospitallers of St John should lose the castle after an assault and long siege, and not through blame or negligence, their costs will be repaid.
Aug. 31. Melfi. Frederick, dei gracia Romanorum imperator semper augustus Iherusalem et Sicile rex, records under seal that frater Goffridus Balianus, representing the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, came into his presence and asked that the castle of Ascalon be... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1180-4, nos. 691-2 (RRH no. 1112)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2474
year: 1244
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
text: Nov. 1-30? In a general letter addressed to all princes, the emperor Frederick II reports that he has received letters brought by frater S., an emissary of Patriarch Albert of Antioch, describing the switching of alliances from Egypt to the sultans of Damascus and Kerak, the invasion of the Khorezmians, the mustering of the Christian army on the borders of Egypt at Gaza, the arrival of the patriarch of Jerusalem, the evacuation of the inhabitants of the city of Jerusalem under the magistri of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, their return, the Khorezmian assault on the city and the massacre of the inhabitants, including those who had sought refuge in the church of the Holy Sepulchre. He blames this turn of events on the abandonment of the policy of R. comes Cornubie who, together with the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and St Mary of the Germans, was acting on behalf of King Conrad.
Nov. 1-30? In a general letter addressed to all princes, the emperor Frederick II reports that he has received letters brought by frater S., an emissary of Patriarch Albert of Antioch, describing the switching of alliances from Egypt to the sultans of Damascus and Kerak, the invasion of the... more
sources: Huillard-Bréholles 6/1:236-40 (RRH no. 1126)