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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 2945925, member: 87080&quot;]I&#039;m a big fan of the Frederick Barbarossa pfennig, and would love to add one to my collection.&nbsp; As someone that sports a red beard I feel a natural affinity for him. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the more interesting &quot;what if&quot; scenarios of medieval history is his death in Cilician Armenia.&nbsp;&nbsp; His large German-Hungarian&nbsp; had won a decisive victory over the Seljuks at the Battle of Iconium and sacked their capital city.&nbsp; Yet upon his death, he drowned in a river, his army broke up and only a few thousand Germans and Hungarians continuing on to Acre.&nbsp; The Third Crusade may have been a very different affair if Barbarossa had made it to the Holy Land with his large army and Philip and Richard&nbsp; on the way. Saladin had a hard enough time with Richard, Barbarossa may have tipped the balance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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