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Constance
Constance 1154-98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI ; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II. On his death, however (1189), the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Ta... Read more
Tancred
Tancred (Tancred of Lecce) , b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190-94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily. On the death of his cousin, William II of Sicily, Tancred was crowned (1190) king. The Sicilian crown was, however, claimed by Constance , who w... Read more
Peter III
Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?-1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276-85) and king of Sicily (1282-85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese influence on the northern shores of Africa. From his marriage (1262) to Constance, daughter and heir of Manfr... Read more
Sicily
Sicily , Ital. Sicilia, region (1991 pop. 4,966,386), 9,925 sq mi (25,706 sq km), S Italy, mainly situated on the island of Sicily, which is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west and south, by the Ionian Sea on the east, and by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the north, and which is separated from th... Read more
Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers in Italian history, name given the rebellion staged by the Sicilians against the Angevin French domination of Sicily; the rebellion broke out at Palermo at the start of Vespers on Easter Monday, Mar. 30, 1282. The revolt quickly spread over the island; nearly all the French in Sici... Read more
Vittoria
Vittoria city (1991 pop. 55,280), SE Sicily, Italy; founded 1607. It is an important center of wine and olive oil production and export. ... Read more
Frederick II
Frederick II 1194-1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220-50) and German king (1212-20), king of Sicily (1197-1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229-50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance , heiress of Sicily. Rivalry for the German Crown In 1196, Henry VI secured the election as G... Read more
kingdom of the Two Sicilies
kingdom of the Two Sicilies The name Two Sicilies was used in the Middle Ages to mean the kingdoms of Sicily and of Naples (see Sicily and Naples, kingdom of ). Alfonso V of Aragón, who in 1442 reunited the two kingdoms under his rule, styled himself king of the Two Sicilies. Under his ... Read more
Manfred
Manfred , c.1232-1266, king of Sicily (1258-66), the last Hohenstaufen on that throne. An illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Manfred was regent in Sicily for his brother Conrad IV . Conrad died in 1254, and Manfred seized the regency for Conrad's young son, Conradin . However, ... Read more
Pedro de Luna
Pedro de Luna , 1328?-1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope (1394-1417) with the name Benedict XIII. He was a doctor of canon law and as cardinal (1375) became an outstanding member of the Curia Romana. He supported the election of Urban VI , but later switched his allegiance to Robert of Geneva , ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Constance of Sicily"

Constance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Tancred of...to save the throne of Sicily for her infant son Frederick...emperor as Frederick II ), Constance renounced the German...crowned (1198) king of Sicily. She was regent for...
Frederick II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...son of Emperor Henry VI and of Constance of Sicily. His father died in 1197 and his...year later. As the orphan king of Sicily, he was the ward of the great...his infant son, Henry, king of Sicily and hastened to Frankfurt, where...
Frederick I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...against King William I of Sicily. Adrian, obliged to ally...confirmed by the Peace of Constance in 1183) and arranged a truce...Henry (later Henry VI ), to Constance, heiress presumptive of Sicily, thus insuring peace with...
Peter III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1262 Peter had married Constance, daughter of Manfred of Sicily and granddaughter of...outraged the people of Sicily. In 1282 the population...was the husband of Constance, the last member of...Peter's reign in Sicily was challenged by Charles...
Innocent III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...He acknowledged as king of Sicily the future Holy Roman Emperor...Frederick's mother, the Empress Constance , had accepted papal suzerainty over Sicily and given up certain ecclesiastical privileges; on Constance's death, Innocent accepted...
Henry VI
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Holy Roman Emperor (1191–97), son of Frederick I (Barbarossa) . In 1186 Henry married Constance, heiress of the Kingdom of Sicily, and thereafter devoted much of his reign to securing that inheritance. After 1194, the Empire was...
Pedro de Luna
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...only made matters worse, and Benedict lost all his obedience but Scotland, Sicily, Castile, and Aragón. The Council of Constance (see Constance, Council of ) moved Benedict to even greater intransigence. The council deposed...
Tancred
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190-94), illegitimate...and grandson of Roger II of Sicily. On the death of his cousin, William II of Sicily, Tancred was crowned (1190...was, however, claimed by Constance , who was William's aunt...
kingdom of Naples
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Innocent II with the kingdom of Sicily , including the Norman lands...last Norman king designated Constance, wife of Holy Roman Emperor...family from Italy. Charles lost Sicily in 1282 but retained his territories...Refusing to give up their claim to Sicily, Charles and his successors...
Sicilian Vespers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...nearly all the French in Sicily were massacred. Although basically...Angevin ruler of Naples and Sicily, King Charles I , who dreamed...the island as the husband of Constance, heiress of the Hohenstaufen...year war for possession of Sicily followed between the Angevin...

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Frederick II was the son of Emperor Henry VI and Constance of Sicily and was thus the grandson of both Frederick Barbarossa and Roger II of Sicily. He was crowned king of Sicily at Palermo in May 1198, following his father...
Frederick I
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...north-east. In Italy he was constrained by the treaty of Constance which he concluded with Eugenius III in 1153 and renewed with...marriage of his son to the heiress of the Norman kingdom of Sicily in 1188. In 1189 he set off on a Crusade , but was drowned...

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The death of Roger II of Sicily: February 26th, 1154.
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Roger II succeeded to Sicily at the age of nine in 1105...his position as King of Sicily and overlord of Southern...him a posthumous daughter Constance, who married the Emperor Henry VI, which would bring Sicily into the Holy Roman Empire...
SHORT TAKES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/16/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...of her life in Sicily, felt an affinity...bicultural queen Constance of Hauteville. Although Constance, daughter of...king Roger II of Sicily, wife of the...the age of 40, Constance traveled from Germany to Sicily. Pregnant at...
Unsentimental journey: Travels with a Medieval Queen.
Magazine article from: The Women's Review of Books; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...disputed royal inheritance in Sicily. Constance of Hauteville, empress...one of the Norman kings of Sicily, half-sister of William I of Sicily, beloved aunt of his son...but strange Frederick II, Constance, like most medieval women...
Travels and travails
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 3/23/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Taylor Simeti's book on Constance of Hauteville, daughter of Roger II of Sicily. In 1186 Constance married Emperor Henry...in order to reclaim Sicily from a usurper. This...book she paused before Constance's red porphyry tomb...
Paperbacks
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Simeti Phoenix, pounds 8.99 CONSTANCE of Hauteville, a 12th-century...Roman Empress and pregnant, Constance travelled from Germany back...Palermo and has written books on Sicily, retraces Constance's steps using a great deal...
Travels with a Medieval Queen
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 7/1/2002; ; 402 words ; ...beautifully about her beloved Sicily in On Persephone's Island...book about a medieval queen of Sicily who traveled widely, gave birth...husband's Germany to her native Sicily that Queen Constance of Hauteville took in the late...
Births.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/9/2004; 440 words ; ...Northwest Community - Elizabeth Constance Ingrassia, April 6 to Anthony and...Alyssa. Grandparents: Raymond and Constance Kuzelka, Huntley; Giacomo and Lena Ingrassia, San Nicola, L'Arena, Sicily. - Kelly Anne Williams, April 26...
The Deeds of Pope Innocent III by an Anonymous Author.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...to Innocent's efforts to establish his lordship over the papal patrimony and his regency over Sicily, which, after the death of Queen Constance, was left to Innocent's ward, the three-year-old Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. With this...
Carnival feels like home to longtime Ambassador.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the late Joseph and Constance (Mama) Vitale. Her...the United States from Sicily in 1917; he married the...ambitious and hard-working Constance starting serving spaghetti...and her mother went to Sicily to visit Joseph's family...
TRAVEL: Grand tours -The bride and the gloom Adventures in literature: Mary Taylor Simeti skirts the menacing Black Forest as she retraces the route of a Sicilian princess
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Persephone's Island' (about Sicily and its myths) and several...retraces the route taken by Constance of Hauteville, a 12th-century...considerably less dazzling than Constance's had been: I brought no...agitated by dreams involving Constance and the castle that we would...