History of the German People From the First Authentic Annals to the Present, 1918

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It was.on September 28, I 197, that Henry VI, the proudest and most despotic of monarchs, passed away at Messina, a victim of the treacherous Italian climate. He died at the age of thirty-eight, when it looked as if he was on the verge Of founding a world empire. His premature death, wrote a great chronicler, must always be mourned by the German people and all men of Germania, for he had ren dered them distinguished through the wealth Of foreign countries, had made all nations fear him and his valor and had shown that Germany doubt less would have surpassed other peoples if death had not overtaken him.