Ancestral Trails 2016 » Elizabeth von HOHENSTAUFEN (1201-1235)

Personal data Elizabeth von HOHENSTAUFEN 

• She was born in the year 1201 in Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany.Source 1
• (Alternative Name) : Known as Beatrice in Spain.
• (Alternative Name) : Elizabeth of Schwabia.
• She died on November 5, 1235 in Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain, she was 34 years old.
• A child of PHILIP von SCHWABIA and IRENE ANGELICA de ANGELUS

Household of Elizabeth von HOHENSTAUFEN

She is married to FERNANDO de CASTILE.

They got married on November 30, 1219 at Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain, she was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alfonso de CASTILE  1221-1284 
2. Henry de CASTILE  1230-1303
3. Juan Manuel de CASTILE  1234-1283 
4. Frederick de CASTILE  1223-1277
5. Philip de CASTILE  1231-1274

Notes about Elizabeth von HOHENSTAUFEN

Elisabeth of Swabia (renamed Beatrice; March/May 1205 - 5 November 1235), was a German princess member of the House of Hohenstaufen and by marriage Queen consort of Castile and Leon.

Born in Nürnberg, she was the fourth daughter of Philip, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and Irene Angelina, daughter of Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantine Empire.

After the murder of her father Philip (21 June 1208) and the death of her mother Irene after childbirth complications two months later (27 August), she and her sisters were placed under the guardianship of their cousin, Frederick, King of Sicily (later Emperor Frederick II), who arranged the marriage of Elisabeth and King Ferdinand III of Castile.

The marriage ceremony between Elisabeth and Ferdinand III was celebrated on 30 November 1219 in the city of Burgos. In Castile, she assumed the name Beatrice, probably in honour to both her eldest sister the Holy Roman Empress (who had died in 1212) and the youngest one (who died alongside their mother in 1208 during childbirth).

In 1230, after the death of her father-in-law, King Alfonso IX of Leon, she became also in the Queen consort of that country, who became definitely united to Castile.

During her marriage, Elisabeth gave birth ten children:
King Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (called the Wise) (b. Toledo, 23 November 1221 - d. Seville, 4 April 1284).
Infante Frederick of Castile and Leon (b. Guadalajara, bef. 15 September 1223 - executed 1277).
Infante Ferdinand of Castile and Leon (b. Cuenca, bef. 27 March 1225 - d. near Seville, bef. 23 November 1248).
Infanta Eleanor of Castile and Leon (b. 1226 - died young).
Infanta Berengaria of Castile and Leon (b. 1228 - d. Las Huelgas 1279), a nun at the Cistercian monastery Santa María la Real at Las Huelgas since September 1243.
Infante Henry of Castile and Leon (b. bef. 10 March 1230 - d. Roda, 8 August 1303).
Infante Philip of Castile and Leon (b. bef. 5 Dec 1231 - d. 28 November 1274).
Infante Sancho of Castile and Leon (b. 1233 - d. Toledo, 27 October 1261), Archbishop of Toledo from 1251-1261.
Infante Manuel (or Juan Manuel) of Castile and Leon (b. Carrión de los Condes, 1234 - d. Peñafiel, 25 December 1283).
Infanta Maria of Castile and Leon (b. and d. bef. 5 November 1235).

Queen Beatrice died in Toro on 5 November 1235 aged 30. Her death was probably related to her last childbirth, or even died after giving birth. She was buried in the Royal Monastery of Huelgas de Burgos, next to King Henry I. Later, her son Alfonso X transferred her body to Seville Cathedral in 1279, where that of her husband rested.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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