In the twentieth century, brutalized and and disorganized native societies, even after winning independence, fell victim to "post-imperial malaise," typified by native tyrannies, corruption, and massive poverty.  Meer

On 27 January 1186 the German king Henry VI, son and heir of the Roman Emperor Frederick 'Barbarossa', married Constance of Hauteville, heir to the throne of Sicily, in the Basilica of St.  Meer