Coup of Kaiserswerth

When

Apr 1062

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

50.78° N, 6.08° E

Description

1062 coup d'état

The Coup of Kaiserswerth in 1062 was a thitherto unprecedented action of several secular and ecclesiastical princes of the Holy Roman Empire under the leadership of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne against Empress Agnes, ruling on behalf of her under-age son, King Henry IV, and against her chosen sub-regent, Bishop Henry II of Augsburg.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spring – Coup of Kaiserswerth: The 11-year-old King Henry IV is abducted, as a result of a conspiracy of German nobles led by Anno II, archbishop of Cologne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Staatsstreich von Kaiserswerth ist ein bis dahin beispielloses Vorgehen einer Gruppe von Reichsfürsten unter der Führung des Erzbischofs Anno II. von Köln…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page