Hohenstaufen

[ hoh-uh n-shtou-fuh n ]

/ ˌhoʊ ənˈʃtaʊ fən /

a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.

Origin of Hohenstaufen

First recorded in 1890–95

It seems to have been the policy of the Hohenstaufen Kaisers to favour Nuremberg.

The Story of Nuremberg |Cecil Headlam
So the old struggle between Guelf and Hohenstaufen was renewed.

An Introduction to the History of Western Europe |James Harvey Robinson
By the time the next pope is elected, he will have a French army to help him destroy the Hohenstaufen.

The Saracen: The Holy War |Robert Shea
Staufen, better known as Hohenstaufen, is a lofty hill about twenty miles from Waiblingen, and within the Suabian frontier.

Dante: His Times and His Work |Arthur John Butler

Thus the struggle between Welf and Hohenstaufen was renewed and civil war broke out at once.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 |Various

Hohenstaufen

/ (ˈhəʊənˌʃtaʊfən, German hoːənˈʃtaufən) /

a German princely family that provided rulers of Germany (1138–1208, 1215–54), Sicily (1194–1268), and the Holy Roman Empire (1138–1254)