Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-30
FREDERICK OF BARBAROSSA
Legend of tho Warrior Of tho Flaming
Beard.

Out Of the past comes tnouSano-
year old legend to claim the attention
Of Germans throughout the world.
| Attaches of the German embassy
here, revived it the other night over
their wine and war maps, says
Washington dispatch.
It is the legend of the Emperor
Frederick Barbarossa, and following
whose death in the Holy Land, the
legend had its inception. This tra-
dition, devoutly believed by the Ger
man peasantry and, at the very least.
respected by all Teutons, is to the
effect that in the hours of Germanys
greatest need, Barbarossa, by many
considered the greatest military ruler
the Germans ever had, will rise from
catafalque in some tabled castle
of the Black Forest and return to
| life to command the Germans and
lead them out of their difficulties.
Frederick Barbarossa, as Fritz
Rothbart, was the son of Frederick
duke of Suabia. He was born in
Ill21. On the death of his uncle.
Conrad III, Frederick was crowned
at Aix-la- Chapelle. One Of his earli-
est dreams was the subjugation OF
Italy. Shortly after he received the
imperial crown, he invaded and sub
dued northern Italy;and to impress
his successes on the people, had him
self crowned at Pavia, in 1155. with
the famous Iron Crown Of Lombardy.
Pressing on to Rome he had himself
crowned emperor again by Pope
Adrian w.
Thus, early in his reign. he had
gone far toward reducing the prov
inces and the great free cities OF
northern Italy. But he no sooner
turned his back on them to return to
Germany than revolt broke out in a
dozen places. Led by the city Of
Milan, the many princes of Italy re-
belled and Barbarossa hurried back
! and gave them all battle. When he
had again subdued them he held the
great Diet Of Roncag!ia, and there
received the homage of the cities
Then came the pestilence. Barbar-
ossa's entire Italian army was swept
before the scourge and the cities,
taking advantage of this weakened
condition, drove him north Of the
Danube.
Recruiting another northern army,
Barbarossa again invaded Italy, seek
ing to regain control of the north at
least But at Legnano. on May %.
|l176, he was decisively defeated by
the league of the cities and various
princes
] Then came the turn in Barbaros-
sas life. Repenant for having made
the papal seat a pawn in his own
game Of politics, he took the cross.
Raising an army of 100000 pala-
dians. Barbarossa set out for the Holy
Land. He met the Grecian emperor
land overcame him in a great battle.
He met the king of Syria and over
came him. He subdued numerous
wild tribes that sought to stay the
progress of his crusading host and ne
land his followers were confident that,
having won so far into Palestine, they
would be as successful as Godfrey
de Poullion and retake from the
Saracen the Holy City itself.
The emperor fought hard to hold
his position in that country. He was
in the land of Alexander the Great,
and the descendants of that captains
soldiers were incensed at the success
of the invader.
1t was on the banks Of the Kaly-
kadnus in Syria that Barbarossa and
his host met a great force of the
enemy 1t was rushing river, dill
ncult to ford. But, according to one
version of the history, when Bar