Friedrich II (Staufer) von Staufen
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Friedrich (Staufer) von Staufen (1194 - 1250)

Friedrich (Friedrich II) von Staufen formerly Staufer aka von Hohenstaufen
Born in Jesi, Marca di Ancona, Regno d'Italia, Sacro Romano Imperomap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married Aug 1209 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 9 Nov 1225 (to 25 Apr 1228) in Brindisi, Apuliamap
Husband of — married 15 Jul 1235 (to 1 Dec 1241) in Worms, Deutschlandmap
Husband of — married 1246 [location unknown]
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Died at age 55 in Castel Fiorentino, Regno di Siciliamap
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Biography

Friedrich was the son of Emperor Heinrich VI and Konstanze von Sizilien. He was born 26 Dec 1194 in Jesi, Apulia.[1] The day is given in the Annales Stadenses under the year 1195 (nocte quae praecedit dormitionem Iohannis ewangelistae),[2] and in a letter of his father to the archbishop of Rouen announcing the conquest of Sicily and the birth of his son.[3]
In 1196 his father had him elected rex Romanorum.[4] Heinrich VI died in 1197 and in 1198 Friedrich was crowned King of Sicily.[5][6] In 1211 he was elected again rex Romanorum,[7] and on 9 Dec 1212 crowned in Mainz.[8] He was crowned Emperor 22 Nov 1220 in Rome.[9] After his marriage to Isabelle de Brienne, queen of Jerusalem, he assumed the title King of Jerusalem for himself.[10]
Friedrich died in 1250 in Castel Fiorentino.[11]


Wives and Concubines

Friedrich was married at least three times, a fourth marriage may have happened on the deathbed of his long-time mistress Bianca Lancia. In addition he may have had at least 11 (12 if counting Bianca Lancia) concubines.

His first marriage was to Constance of Aragon (b. 1179 - d. 23 June 1222) in August of 1209,[12][13][14] either in Messina or Palermo, Sicily. One child: Heinrich (b. 1211- d. 1242).
His second wife was Isabella II de Brienne, Queen of Jerusalem (b. about 1211 - d. 25 Apr 1228). The marriage took place 9 November 1225 in Brindisi, Apulia.[15][16][17][18][19] Of note is that all sources listing her name call her Isabelle as well as documents issued by Friedrich shortly after the marriage: Isabela, Jan 1226;[20] and by herself: Ysabella, Jan 1226.[21] Two children: An unnamed daughter in 1226 for whom only one source exists: ... videns eum ex sua filia quandam filia genuisse ...;[22] and Konrad IV von Schwaben (b. 25 Apr 1228 - d. 21 May 1254).
His third wife was Isabella of England (b. 1214 - d. 1 December 1241). The marriage took place on 15 Jul 1235 in Worms.[23][24][25][26] Three children: Margarethe (b. 1237 - d. 1270 Frankfurt), Heinrich aka Karlotto (b. 1236 or 1238 - d. 1253), unknown child, possibly a stillbirth in 1241.
Bianca Lancia (b. abt 1200/10, d. abt 1246) was a longtime concubine, a relationship lasting 20 years according to Matthew Paris.[27] The same source and the Cronica Fratris Salimbene de Adam report a marriage on her deathbed.[28] She bore him 2 children: Konstanze (b. 1230 - d. 1307), Manfredi (b. 1232 - d. 1266). A third, widely called Violanta ( b. abt 1233 - d. bef 1264) in the literature and based on a single reference without a name (... per comitissam de Caserta, cuius filius duxerat filiam imperatoris naturalem ...)[29] is not supported by any other source.
The names of other concubines are unknown or poorly documented: 1) The mother of Federico di Pettorano is only identified as nobili comitissa quo in regno Sicilie erat heres;[30] 2) Enzo di Svevia (b. abt 1220 - d. 1272) is identified either as born of une haute dame d'Alemaigne[31] or ex matre infami et ignobili[32] and ex Theotonica.[33] No document has been found naming her Adelhaid von Urslingen and no such name appears in the Stammliste of house Urslingen.[34] Enzo appears to have had a full sister Caterina da Marano.[35] 3) The mother of Federico di Antiochia (b. btw 1222 and 1224 - d. 1256) is commonly called Maria or Matilda in secondary literature without any primary source. Thomas Tusci only mentions she was called de Antiochia,[36] and Bartolomeo de Neocastro calls her Beatrix filia principis Antiochiae.[37] It is unlikely that she was a daughter of Bohémond IV de Antiochia, but could have been a member of the Sicilian family d'Antiochia, descendants of the 12th century Giorgio d'Antiochia.[38][39] 4) Manna, the mother of Riccardo conte de Chieti, appears to exist only in an unsourced footnote.[40] 5) No primary sources exist for the mother of Margherita di Suevia, she appears only in the 17th century. 6) Nothing is known about the mothers of Salvaggia, Blanchefleur, and Gerardo.

Sources

  1. Ryccardi de Sancto Germano notarii Chronica, MGH SS rer. Germ. 53, p. 15
  2. Annales Stadenses, MGH SS 16, p. 352
  3. William Stubbs (ed.), Radulfi de Diceto Decani Lundoniensis Opera Historica: The Historical Works of Master Ralph de Diceto, Dean of London, Issue 2, Ymagines Historiarum, Kraus Reprint, Wiesbaden 1965, p. 125
  4. Continuatio Admuntensis, MGH SS 9, p. 588
  5. Muratori, Lodovico Antonio, Rerum italicarum Scriptores. 5, Appendix ex Codice Marchionis Jarratanæ ad Ultimum Capitulum Libri Quarti Historiæ Gaufredi Malaterræ, Mediolanum 1724, p. 603
  6. Muratori, Lodovico Antonio, Rerum Italicarum scriptores. 1.2, Epistola F. Conradi dominicani ad B. Episcopum Cathanensem, sive brevis Chronica ab anno 1027 ad 1283, Mediolanum 1725, p. 278
  7. Burchardi Praepositi Urspergensis Chronicon, MGH SS rer. Germ. 16, p. 99
  8. Jean Louis Alphonse Huillard-Bréholles, Frederici secundi historia diplomatica, Tomus I pars I, Ann. 1212, Paris 1852, p. 230
  9. Johann Friedrich Böhmer, Alfons Huber, Fontes rerum Germanicarum, Vol. II, Excerpta ex Chronica Reineri Leodiensis, Stuttgart 1843, p. 386
  10. Jean Louis Alphonse Huillard-Bréholles, Frederici secundi historia diplomatica, Tomus 2 pars 1, Ann. 1225 Foggiae, decembris, Paris 1855, p. 526. The first document in which he uses the title.
  11. Rosario Gregorio, Bibliotheca scriptorum qui res in Sicilia gestas sub Aragonum imperio retulere: Eam uti accessionem ad Historicam bibliothecam Carusii instruxit, Tomus I, Bartholomei de Neocastro Historia Sicula, Panormi 1791, p. 15
  12. Ryccardus de S. Germano A. 1209, MGH SS 19, p. 334
  13. Continuatio Claustroneoburgensis Tertia, MGH SS 9, p. 634, to the year 1208.
  14. Ximénez de Embún y Val, Tomás, Historia de la Corona de Aragón : (la más antigua de que se tiene noticia) conocida generalmente con el nombre de Crónica de San Juan de la Peña : Part aragonesa, Capítulo XXXIV Del rey Pedro II, y de sus hechos, p. 136, Alacant : Biblioteca Virtual Joan Lluís Vives, 2004
  15. Annales Scheftlarienses Maiores, MGH SS 17, p. 338
  16. Ryccardus de S. Germano A. 1225, MGH SS 19, p. 345
  17. Annales Siculi, MGH SS 19, p. 496
  18. Ex Vincentii Bellovacensis Speculo Historiali, Lib. XXX, MGH SS 24, p. 166
  19. Jean Louis Alphonse Huillard-Bréholles, Frederici secundi historia diplomatica, Tomus I pars II, Breve chronicon de rebus siculis ..., Paris 1852, p. 897
  20. Nr. 1152, MGH DD F II. 5,1, p. 524
  21. Jean Louis Alphonse Huillard-Bréholles, Frederici secundi historia diplomatica, Tomus II pars I, Ann. 1226 .. Januario, Paris 1855, p. 536
  22. Ex Chronico Sancti Martini Turonensi, MGH SS 26, p. 476
  23. Annales Erphordenses, MGH SS 16, p. 30
  24. Ex Mathei Parisiensis Cronicis Maioribus, MGH SS 28, p. 130
  25. Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium A Monacho Novi Monasterii Hoiensis Interpolata, MGH SS 23, p. 937
  26. E Gervasii Cantuariensis Gestorum Regum Continuatione, MGH SS 27, p. 309
  27. Ex Mathei Parisiensis Cronicis Maioribus, MGH SS 28, pp. 360-361
  28. Cronica Fratris Salimbene de Adam Ordinis Minorum, MGH SS 32, p. 349
  29. Annales Sancti Pantaleonis Coloniensis, MGH SS 22, p. 540
  30. Thomae Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum, MGH SS 22, p. 517
  31. Recueil des historiens des croisades. Historiens occidentaux, Tome II, L'Estoire de Eracles Empereur, Li Trentetroisiesmes Livres, Chapitre XLII, Paris 1859, p. 409
  32. Thomae Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum, MGH SS 22, p. 515
  33. Thomae Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum, MGH SS 22, p. 517
  34. de.wikipedia Urslingen
  35. Thomae Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum, MGH SS 22, p. 517
  36. Thomae Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum, MGH SS 22, p. 517
  37. Bartholomaei de Neocastro Historia Sicula, a cura di Giuseppe Paladino, Prooemium, Bologna 1922, p. 2
  38. Fulvio Delle Donne - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 55 (2001), GIORGIO d'Antiochia, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.A.
  39. en.wikipedia, George of Antioch
  40. Benoist-Méchin, J. (1980) Frédéric de Hohenstaufen ou le rêve excommunié, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1980, p. 667, footnote 375, quoted in: Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, KONSTANTIN ROGER FRIEDRICH von Staufen




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Can we please remove the double-headed eagle "Coat of Arms of Frederick II"? The double-headed eagle became a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire only with Sigismund von Luxemburg in 1433 (Franz Gall: Zur Entwicklung des Doppeladlers auf den kaiserlichen Siegeln. In: Adler, Band 8, Heft 16/17, 1970, p. 281), the three Staufer lions were used first by Heinrich (VII), before him a single or two lions were used.
posted by Helmut Jungschaffer
"COA" is removed. Thanks for pointing this out, Helmut!
posted by Traci Thiessen
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. I. page 536.

Note: Yolande (Isabelle II) of Jerusalem formerly Brienne aka Hohenstaufen, Sicilia Born about 1212 in Brienne, Francemap

Thank you!

posted on Hohenstaufen-6 (merged) by Bettye (Holland) Carroll
edited by Bettye (Holland) Carroll

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