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Germany in 1208

Historical records for Germany in 1208, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
8Events
3Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

June

21 June 1208Assassination of PhilipPhilip

Bamberg · House / House of Hohenstaufen

Assassinated by Otto of Wittelsbach, Philip had refused to marry his daughter Beatrix

21 June 1208Assassination of Philip of SwabiaOtto IV

Bamberg · Warfare / Civil War

Has Philp of Swabia assassinated, marks end of civil war

21 June 1208Death of Otto IVOtto IV

Bamberg · Warfare / Civil War

Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war

21 June 1208Death of PhilipPhilip

Bamberg · House / House of Hohenstaufen

Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war

November

11 November 1208SuccessionOtto IV

Frankfurt · House / House of Hohenstaufen

Elected to succeed Philip of Swabia

Other Events

1208Assassination of PhilipOtto I von Wittlesbach Bavaria

Bamberg · House / House of Wittelsbach

Assassinates Philip of Swabia

1208Death of Otto I von WittlesbachOtto I von Wittlesbach Bavaria

House / House of Wittelsbach

Death of Philp of Swabia, assassinated by Otto IV, ends the civil war

1208Holy Roman EmpireOtto IV

Warfare / Empire War

Otto invades Italy

1208Invasion of ItalyOtto IV

Vierbo · Warfare / Empire War

Otto meets the Pope but refuses to yield territories captured since 1197

1208Invasion of ItalyOtto IV

Warfare / Empire War

Otto invades Italy

Names involved

Otto I von Wittlesbach BavariaOtto IVPhilip

Places involved

BambergFrankfurtVierbo

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.