I'm pretty sure it was the bows in the hair. He was teased by all the other Normans, that's why he was so eager to go to Ireland.
Yeah, Barbarossa was the one that drowned in a river in Cilicia, he was the first Frederick to be Emperor.
And just to prevent us from beinf shipped off to a Monastery, AFAIK, there are Hofenstaffen heroes in the HRE, you can change the line over from the Karolingians with a Civil War if you're careful. I never managed to find Barbarossa though.
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