Who was Frederick II's father?
Emperor Henry VI
Emperor Otto I
Emperor Frederick I
Emperor Charles VI
Answer
Emperor Henry VI was the father of Frederick II. Henry was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1190 to 1197, and he was also the King of Germany, Italy, and Sicily. Frederick was born in 1194, and he succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1212. He was also the King of Sicily from 1220 to 1250, and he ruled over the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1225 to 1229.
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