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Heinrich was born in 1211 in Sicily, probably in either Palermo or Messina. He is the son of Friederich II von Staufen and Constance d'Aragón. The year of his birth is based on contemporaneous sources calling him about 8 in 1221[1] and about 10 in 1222.[2][3]
At the age of 1 he was crowned king of Sicily under the regency of his mother.[4] In 1217 his father called him "rex Sicilie et dux Sweuie"[5] and in 1220 "Sueuorum dux et rector Burgundie".[6] In April of 1220 his father arranged for him to be elected King of the Romans. The election must have taken place between April 20 when Heinrich is still only "dux Sueuorum et rector Burgundie"[6] and April 26 when Friedrich called him "filius noster ... in regem ... eligendo"[7] and finally on 2 June "dux Sweuie in Romanorum regem electus".[8]
Following his father's wishes he married in 1225 the seven years older Margarethe von Babenberg.[9]
After he took over the reigns of the kingdom for himself in 1228 he became increasingly in conflict with his father which led to his eventual imprisonment in 1235,[10] first in Heidelberg, then in castle Alerheim near Nördlingen.[11] Apparently his father feared a rebellion in favor of Heinrich and had him moved to the Kingdom of Sicily in 1236.[12] There he was kept in various prisons in chains, in vinculis teneretur.[13] When he was moved again to a different castle in February 1242 he and his horse fell into a ravine leading to his death in Martirano.[14]
From a recent (1998) recognition of his grave in Calabria (Italy) it was found that, besides a damage to his right knee that justify his surname "the lame", he was suffering of leprosy. This, added to his condition of prisoner for life, supports the speculations that he died committing suicide.[15]
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