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1189. Henry 6th/ succeeded to the crown-- without any new Election, having during the life of Frederick his Father been chosen & crowned King of the Romans, a Title from this time given to the acknowledged Heir of the Empire. He had great talents for governing, but tarnished his reputation by the cruelty & perfidy with which he acted towards the Sicilians, whose crown he claimed in right of his Wife Constantia daughter of Roger King of Sicily. The Empress herself schocked at this cruelty, is said to have poisoned him. He died at Messina, as he was preparing to embark on an expedition to the Holy Land in 1197.
