Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of twelfth-century princely lineages -- Forging the bonds between siblings : succession, inheritance and church careers -- Baby boomers : the first generation of the Staufen upper aristocracy -- Frederick Barbarossa and Henry the Lion : cousins in an age of brothers -- Cooperation, conflict and the rise of a new generation, ca. 1180-1210 -- From Bamberg to Budapest : four brothers and four sisters in the early 13th century -- The uncertain future of lineages : siblings during the reign of Frederick II.

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