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Year 1268:
The German king Conradin receives an enthusiastic reception at Rome in July, but his troops are defeated at Tagliacozzo in August by the king of Sicily Charles d'Anjou. Guelph agents of Charles seize Conradin at Astura; tried as a traitor and condemned, he is beheaded at Naples in October along with his friend Friedrich of Baden, titular duke of Austria, and the house of Hohenstaufen becomes extinct. Also beheaded are the Ghibelline leaders Gherardo and Galvano Gherardesca, who have fought alongside Conradin (beheading is considered more humane than hanging and is a privilege granted only to royalty and nobility). The execution of the 16-year-old Conradin has at least the tacit approval of Pope Clement IV, but it shocks Europe, antagonizes England's Henry III and France's Louis IX, and begins a long-lasting alienation of Germans from the Roman Church.
Hungary's Crown Prince Stephen (István) invades Bulgaria and assumes the title king of Bulgaria.
Pope Clement IV dies at Viterbo in the Papal States November 29 after a 3-year reign and will not be replaced until 1271.
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