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Personal data Constance van Sicilië 

• She was born in the year 1154.
• She died on November 28, 1198, she was 44 years old.
• A child of Roger II Koning van Sicilië (1130-54), Hertog van Apulië and Beatrix de Rethel
• This information was last updated on April 2, 2017.

Household of Constance van Sicilië

She is married to Hendrik VI Koning van Duitsland (1190-97), Italië (1194-97) en Sicilië (1194-97).

They got married in the year 1186 at Milaan, she was 32 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Frederik II Roger Koning van Duitsland (1215-1250) en Sicilië (1199-1250), Keizer (1220-50)  1194-1250 

Notes about Constance van Sicilië

1194-98 Queen Regnant Constanza of Sicily (Italy)
1195-97 Regent of Sicily
1197-98 (28.98-17.05) Sole Ruler of Sicily
Also known as Constance, she was married to Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI and daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. In 1185 she was named possible heiress of Sicily by her nephew King Guillermo II. On his death in 1189, however, the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Tancredo of Lecce as William's successor. Emperor Heinrich VI conducted an unsuccessful campaign in 1191 against Tancred during which Constance was captured but was released because she was pregnant. After Tancred's death in 1194 they were crowned King and Quee of Sicily and she gave birth to her only child, Friedrich. She was named regent in the absence of her husband in 1195 but clearly considered herself to be the rightful heiress and continued the forceful rule of her predecessor. When he died in 1197 she ruled alone for a year. In order to save the throne of Sicily for her infant son, Federico (later Holy Roman emperor as Friedrich II), Constance renounced the German kingship for Frederick and the following year he was crowned as king of Sicily, continuing to act as regent until her death. In her will she had named Pope Inocenz II as guardian for her son. As queen she used the titulature;Constancia dei gracia Romanorum imperatrix semper augusta et regina Sicilie and as regent for her son she added the term; una cum carissimo filio suo Frederico eadem gracia rege Sicilie, ducatus Apulie et Principatus Capue. She lived (1154-1198).

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