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Events on Sunday 28 September 1197 1
1165 – 1197Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165-1197)Died 28 September 1197, aged 31Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, died suddenly at Messina while assembling a new crusade to the Holy Land, likely of malaria. His death left his infant son Frederick II as heir and triggered a disputed imperial election between Philip of Swabia and Otto of Brunswick that plunged Germany into civil war.