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Kunigunde, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor.

Conrad III, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire

(Encyclopedia) Conrad III, c.1093–1152, German king (1138–52), son of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV; first of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He joined his…

hara-kiri

(Encyclopedia) hara-kirihara-kirihärˈə-kērˈē, hărˈə– [key] [Jap.,=belly-cutting], the traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, seppuku. It was practiced…

Otto the Great

(Encyclopedia) Otto the Great: see Otto I, Holy Roman emperor.