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Emperor Henry dies at Messina

The Annales Placentini report that Emperor Henry died in the city of Messina in Sicily in 1197.

Limits: Piacenza text and TEI agree at lines 749–751 (TEI IDs bsb00000726_00043_14–16). Marbach text and XML agree under MCXCVII at line 2569: the earlier refuge at Messina (2581–2583) is separate from the final illness narrative (2594–2606), which places him at Messina, mentions an intended journey to Palermo, then reports his relapse and death. The Piacenza death sentence explicitly supplies the city; this is not a claim about burial or disposition of his body.

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Source: Iohannis Codagnelli Annales PlacentiniRead the source