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Innocent III (originally named Lotario de’ Conti) was born in 1160 in the castle of Gravignano at Anagni. He was the son of Count Trasimund and the nephew of Clement III. ...
In 1198, at the age of 37, Lotario was unanimously elected pope by the College of Cardinals on the day his predecessor (Celestine III) died, were he took the name of Innocent III. ... Innocent restored papal authority in Rome and in the States of the Church. ... When the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI died in 1197, Innocent used this opportunity to declare the popes right to review candidates to the imperial throne and to intervene in affairs with rivals. ... She asked Innocent III to help her and save the Sicilian throne for her child. The pope made use of this opportunity to reassure papal control over Sicily and acknowledged Frederick II as king only after Constance had surrendered certain privileges. The pope then instated Frederick II as King of Sicily in a letter sent in November, 1198.
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