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Constance, Queen of Sicily

1154 - 1198

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Constance I (Italian: Costanza; 2 November 1154 – 27 November 1198) was the queen of Sicily from 1194 until her death and Holy Roman empress from 1191 to 1197 as the wife of Emperor Henry VI. As queen regnant of Sicily, she reigned jointly with her spouse and later with her infant son, the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. She is particularly notable for her actions against her own family, the Norman kings of Sicily; she played an important role in the end of the Hauteville presence in Sicily. Despite being the sole heir to the throne of Sicily, she did not marry until she was 30 due to an ominous prophecy. Shortly after becoming empress, she was involved in the succession war against her illegitimate nephew King Tancred for the Sicilian throne, during which she was captured, though she was later released unharmed. In the history of Holy Roman Empire only two empresses were captured, with the other being her mother-in-law Empress Beatrice. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Constance, Queen of Sicily is the 134th most popular companion (down from 94th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 541st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Companion.

Constance, Queen of Sicily is most famous for being the mother of Roger II, who would go on to become the King of Sicily.

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Among companions, Constance, Queen of Sicily ranks 134 out of 784. Before her are Bianca Maria Sforza, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Poppaea Sabina, Cornelia, and Halime Hatun. After her are Queen Anne of Romania, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Rosalynn Carter, and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

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Among people born in 1154, Constance, Queen of Sicily ranks 2. Before her is Sancho I of Portugal. After her are Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Vsevolod the Big Nest, Sancho VII of Navarre, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Robert II, Count of Dreux. Among people deceased in 1198, Constance, Queen of Sicily ranks 3. Before her are Averroes, and Pope Celestine III. After her are Al-Aziz Uthman, William III of Sicily, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Sophia of Minsk, Dulce of Aragon, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, and George II of Constantinople.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Constance, Queen of Sicily ranks 702 out of 5,161. Before her are Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), and Giovanni Paisiello (1740). After her are Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Marozia (890), Libius Severus (420), and Gnaeus Pompeius (-80).

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Among COMPANIONS In Italy

Among companions born in Italy, Constance, Queen of Sicily ranks 17. Before her are Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Maria Luisa of Parma (1751), Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Poppaea Sabina (30), and Cornelia (-97). After her are Margherita of Savoy (1851), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Bruttia Crispina (164), Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Clementia of Hungary (1293), and Faustina the Elder (105).

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