The Descendants of Frederick Barbarossa
(3 Generations)

Frederick I ' Barbarossa '
Holy Roman Emperor 1155 - 1190, King of Germany 1158 - 1190.
The son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia, and his first wife Judith, daughter of Henry I 'the Black', Duke of Saxony.
(b. 1122 - d. June 10, 1190, Saleph, Cilicia, Asia Minor, being accidentally drowned attempting to ford a river, whilst engaged upon the Third Crusade)
Buried at Tyre, Palestine.
married (1) 1147 - 1153 (her first) (divorced 1153)
Adela of Vohburg, the daughter of Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg. Queen Adela remarried (1153) to Count Diether von Ravesnberg
(b. c1130 - d. c1187)
d.s.p.
married (2) June 10 - 16, 1156
Beatrice of Burgundy, the heiress of West Burgundy, daughter of Rainald III, Count of Burgundy and Macon, and his wife Agatha, daughter of Simon I of Alsace, Duke of Lorraine.
(b. 1145, Macon, Burgundy - d. Nov 15, 1184)

For their children see Generation 1

Generation 1

1 Frederick IV, King of Burgundy, Duke of Swabia (1191)
(b. July 16, 1164 - d. Jan 20, 1191)
unmarried.

2. Henry VI, Holy Roman emperor 1191 - 1197, King of Germany 1169 - 1191, King of Sicily 1194 - 1197.
(b. Nov, 1165 - d. Sept 28, 1197, Messina, Sicily)
Buried Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily
married Jan 27, 1186, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Constance of Hauteville, daughter of Roger II, King of Sicily, and his third wife Beatrice, daughter of Witier IV, Count of Rethel.
(b. Nov 2, 1154, Palermo, Sicily - d. Nov 27, 1198, Palermo)
Buried Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily

For their children see Generation 2 - 1

3. Otto I of Hohenstaufen, Count Palatine of Burgundy
(b. Feb, 1167 - d. Jan 2, 1200)
married 1192 (her second husband)
Margaret of Blois, daughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois-Champagne, and his wife Alix, daughter of Louis VII, king of France. Margaret was the widow of Hugh III d'Oisy, Viscount of Cambrai and Meaux, and remarried (3) to Gautier II d'Avesnes (d. 1246).
(b. 1173 - d. May 7, 1231)

For their children see Generation 2 - 2

4. Sophia of Hohenstaufen
(b. c1170 - d. 1186)
married c1184 (his first)
William VIII, Marquis of Montferrat 1207 - 1225, the son of Boniface I of Montferrat, King of Thessalonika, and his first wife Elena, widow of Guy, Count de Vintimille, and natural daughter of Umberto III, Count of Savoy.
(b. c1170 - d. Sept 17, 1225)
d.s.p.

5. Conrad II of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia 1192 - 1196 and Duke of
Rothenburg 1188 - 1196
(b. 1172 - d. Aug 15, 1196)
married 1188 (annulled) (her first)
Berengaria of Castile (later Queen Berengaria I from 1217 - 1246), daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile, and his wife Eleanor Plantagenet, daughter of Henry II, King of England. Berengaria remarried to Alfonso I, King of Leon (d. 1230).
(b. 1180, Burgos, Castile, Spain - d. Nov 8,1246, Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos)
d.s.p.

6. Beatrix of Hohenstaufen
(b. 1174 - d. 1181)

7. Philip of Hohenstaufen, King of Germany 1198 - 1208, Duke of Swabia 1196 - 1208, and Duke of Spoleto from 1195.
(b. 1176 - murdered June 21, 1208, Bamberg, near Nuernburg, Bavaria)
married May 25, 1197 (her second)
Irene Angela (Maria), daughter of Isaac II Angelus, Emperor of Byzantium, and his first wife Irene Komnena, daughter of emperor Andronicus I Komnenus 1183 - 1185. Irene was the widow of Roger, Duke of Apulia, son of Tancred, King of Sicily.
(b. 1181, Constantinople, Asia Minor - d. Aug 27, 1208, at Hohenstaufen, the result of childbirth)

For their children see Generation 2 - 3

8. Agnes of Hohenstaufen
(b. 1180 - d. Oct 8, 1184)

Second Generation
(2 - 1)

1. Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman emperor 1217 - 1250, King of Sicily (1197) and King of Jerusalem (1229).
(b. Dec 25, 1194, Jesi, near Ancona, Sicily - d. Dec 30, 1250, Fiorentino, Italy)
Buried in the Cathedral of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily
married (1) Aug, 1209, Palermo Cathedral, Sicily (her second)
Constance of Aragon, daughter of Alfonso II, King of Aragon, and his wife Sanchia, daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile. Constance was the widow of Emeric I, King of Hungary.
(b. 1179, Spain - d. June 23, 1222, Catina, Sicily)
Buried in Palermo
married (2) Nov 9, 1225
Isabella II, Queen of Jerusalem (Yolande of Brienne), daughter of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and emperor of Constantinople and his wife Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem.
(b. 1211, Jerusalem, Palestine - d. May 8, 1228, Andria, Sicily)
married (3) July 15, 1235, at Worms Cathedral, Germany
Isabella Plantagenet, daughter of John I, King of England and his second wife Isabella, daughter of Aymer I Taillefer, Count of Angouleme.
(b. 1214, England - d. Dec 1, 1241, Foggia, near Naples, Sicily, from the effects of childbirth)
Buried at Andria, Sicily
married (4) 1245, morganatically and on her deathbed, his mistress
Bianca di Lancia, Contessa d'Anglano, the daughter of Manfredo di Lancia
(b. c1208 - d. before Dec 31,1245)

For their children (including illegitimate issue) see Generation 3 - 1

(2 - 2)

1. Jeanne of Burgundy
(b. 1191 - d. 1205)

2. Beatrice, Countess Palatine of Burgundy 1201 - 1231
(b. 1192 - d. Aug 11, 1231)
married June 21, 1208 (his first)
Otto I of Andechs, Duke of Meran, the son of Berthold V, Duke of Meran, and his wife Agnes, daughter of Dedo V of Groitzsch, Count of Rochlitz.
(b. c1173 - d. May 7, 1234)

For their children see Generation 3 - 2

(2 - 3)

1. Beatrix of Hohenstaufen (Blanche)
(b. 1198 - d. Aug 11, 1212, Nordhausen, Saxony)
Buried in the Church of St Blasius, Brunswick
married July 2, 1212 (his first)
Otto IV, Holy Roman emperor 1209 - 1218, son of Henry V ' the Lion ', Duke of Saxony, and his second wife Matilda Plantagenet, daughter of Henry II, King of England.
(b. 1177 - d. May 19, 1218, Harzburg)
d.s.p.

2. Cunigunde of Hohenstaufen
(b. 1200 - d. Sept 13, 1248)
married 1224
Wenceslas I (Wenzel), King of Bohemia, son of King Przemysl Ottakar I, and his wife Constance, daughter of Bela III, King of Hungary.
(b. 1205 - d. Sept 22, 1253)

For their children see Generation 3 - 3

3. Maria of Hohenstaufen
(b. 1201 - d. 1235, Louvain, Brabant)
married before Aug 22, 1215
Henry II, Duke of Brabant 1235 - 1248, son of Duke Henry I, and his wife Matilda, Countess of Boulogne, granddaughter of Stephen of Blois, King of England 1135 - 1154.
(b. 1207 - d. Feb 1, 1248)

For their children see Generation 3 - 4

4. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (renamed Beatrice at her marriage)
(b. 1203 - d. Nov 30, 1235, Toro, Castile)
Buried in Burgos Cathedral
married Nov 30, 1219, Burgos, Castile, Spain (his first)
St Ferdinando III, King of Castile 1217 - 1252, the son of Alfonso IX, King of Leon, and his wife Berengaria I, Queen of Castile, the daughter of King Alfonso VIII.
(b. July/Aug, 1201 - d. May 30, 1252, Seville)

For their children see Generation 3 - 5

5. Child, either stillborn, or died soon after birth, sex unknown.
(Aug, 1208).

Third Generation

(3 - 1)

1. (first marriage) Henry VII, King of Germany 1220 - 1248.
(b. 1211, Palermo, Sicily - d. Feb 12, 1248)
married Nov 29, 1225, at Nuremburg (her first)
Margaret of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria and his wife Theodora Angela, niece of the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus. Queen Margaret remarried (1252) to Przemysl Ottakar II, King of Bohemia.
(b. 1205 - d. Feb 28, 1267)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

2. (second marriage) Conrad IV, King of Germany 1250 - 1254, joint ruler with his father from 1237, Duke of Swabia 1235 - 1254.
(b. April 25, 1228 - d. May 21, 1254)
married Sept 1, 1246 (her first)
Elisabeth of Bavaria, daughter of Duke Otto II and his wife Agnes, daughter of Henry 'the Black', Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. Queen Elisabeth remarried (1258) to Meinhard IV, Count of Tyrol (d. 1295)
(b. 1227 - d. Oct 9, 1273)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

3. (third marriage) Jordan of Hohenstaufen
(b. 1236, Haguenau Castle, Germany - d. before Dec 31, 1236)

4. Margaret of Hohenstaufen
(b. Feb, 1237, Graz, Austria - d. Aug 8, 1270, Frankfurt-am-Main)
married 1254 (his first)
Albert I ' the Froward ' of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia, son of Henry 'the Illustrious', Margrave of Meissen, and his first wife Constance, daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria.
(b. 1240 - d. Nov 20,1315, Erfurt, Thuringia)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

5. Henry of Hohenstaufen, King of Jerusalem, Governor of Sicily
(b. Jan 18, 1238, Lombardy, Italy - d. 1253)
unmarried.

6. Agnes of Hohenstaufen
(b. Nov/Dec, 1241, Foggia, near Naples, Sicily - d. cDec 6, Foggia)
Probably interred with her mother at Andria.

7. (by Bianca di Lancia) Manfred of Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily 1258 - 1266
(b. 1232 - d. Feb 26, 1266, being killed in battle)
married (1) 1248
Beatrice of Savoy, the widow of Manfred III, Marquis of Saluzzo, daughter of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy and his frist wife Anne, daughter of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy.
(b. 1224, Piedmont, Savoy - d. May 10, 1258)
married (2) April, 1259
Helena Angelina, daughter of Michael I Angelus, Despot of Epirus
(b. 1242, Epirus, Greece
d. Feb or March, 1271, Castle of Nocera de' Cristiani, Campania, Italy)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

8. (by Bianca di Lancia) Constance of Hohenstaufen (Anna)
(b. 1233 - d. April, 1313, Abbey of St John the Hospitaler, Valencia, Spain)
Buried in the chapel of St Barbara in that abbey.
married 1244, Broussa, Greece (his second)
Johannes III Dukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Byzantium, son of Basileus Vatatzes, Duke of Thrace, and his wife N. Angela, daughter of Isaac Angelus.
(b. 1192 - d. Oct 30, 1254)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

9. (by concubine Adelaide) Enzio von Hohenstaufen, King of Sardinia
(b. 1220 - d. March 11, 1272)
married (1) 1243 (div. 1246)
Adelisa of Torre-Galuzzo, Queen Dowager of Sardinia
(b. c1200 - d. after 1246)
married (2)
NN da Romano, the niece of Ezzelino da Romano

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

Note - the mothers of children 10 - 16 are unknown.

10. Selvaggia von Hohenstaufen
(d. after 1244)
married May, 1238
Ezzelino da Romano

11. Frederick von Hohenstaufen, Prince of Antioch
(b. 1229 - d. 1258)
married c1246
Margeurita Poli, daughter of Gian Poli
(b. c1230 - d. after 1258)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

12. Margeurita von Hohenstaufen (Margarethe)
(b. c1232 - d. 1298)
married 1247
Tommaso d'Aquino, Count d'Acerra

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

13. Catherine von Hohenstaufen (Caterina)
(d. after 1247)
married
Gicaomo, Marquis de Caretto
(d. after 1250)

14. Blanchefleur von Hohenstaufen (Blanceflor)
(b. c1235 - d. June 20, 1279)
unmarried.

15. Violanta von Hohenstaufen
(b. c1237 - d. after 1264)
married 1246
Ricardo Caetani, Count di Caserta
(d. after 1264)

16. Gerhard von Hohenstaufen (Gerardo)
(b. c1238 - d. 1254)

(3 - 2)

1. Beatrix of Meran
(b. 1210 - d. 1270)
married c1227
Herman II, Count of Orlamunde
(b. c1180 - d. 1247)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

2. Agnes of Meran
(b. 1212 - d. Jan 2, 1263)
married (1) 1229 (his second) (divorced 1240)
Frederick II, Duke of Austria, son of Duke Leopold VI and his wife Theodora Angela, niece of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelus.
(b. 1209 - d. June 15, 1246
married (2) c1248)
Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia 1256 - 1269, the son of Bernard, Duke of Carinthia, and his wife Judith, daughter of Przemysl Ottakar I, King of Bohemia.
(b. c1217 - d. Oct 22, 1269)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

3. Otto II, Duke of Meran 1234 - 1248
(b. 1218 - d. June 19, 1248)
married 1234 (her first)
Elisabeth of Tyrol, daughter of Adalbert III, Count of Tyrol, and his wife Uta, daughter of Henry II, Count of Lechsgemund. Elisabeth married (2) (1249) to Gebhard VII, Count of Hirschberg (d. 1275).
(b. c1220 - d. Oct 10, 1256)
d.s.p.

4. Margaret of Meran, Countess Palatine of Burgundy 1261 - 1271
(b. c1220 - d. 1271)
married (1) Sept 25, 1232
Przemysl of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia 1228 - 1239, the son of Przemysl Ottakar I, King of Bohemia, and his third wife Constance, daughter of Bela III, King of Hungary.
(b. 1209 - d. Oct 16, 1239)
d.s.p.
married (2) 1240
Frederick II, Count von Truhendingen
(b. c1216 - d. March 15, 1290)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

5. Adelaide of Meran (Alix), Countess Palatine of Burgundy 1248 - 1279
(b. c1222 - d. March 8, 1279)
married (1) 1236
Hugh of Burgundy-Chalons, Count of Salins, the son of Jean I ' le Sage ', Count Palatine of Burgundy, and his first wife Mathilde, daughter of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy.
(b. 1220 - d. 1266)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

married (2) June 11, 1267
Philip I, Count of Savoy 1268 - 1285, the son of Tommaso I, Count of Savoy, and his wife Beatrice of Faucigny.
(b. 1207 - d. Nov 17, 1285)
d.s.p.

6. Elisabeth of Meran
(b. c1225 - d. Dec 18, 1273)
married 1246 (his first)
Frederick III of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremburg 1261 - 1297, son of Conrad of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremburg.
(b. 1220 - d. Aug 14, 1297)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

(3 - 3)

1. Vladislav of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Austria, and Duke of Silesia-Oppeln 1246 - 1247
(b. 1227 - d. Jan 3, 1247)
married April 1, 1246 (her first)
Gertrude of Babenberg, daughter of Henry, Duke and Margrave of Austria, and his wife Agnes, daughter of Herman I, Landgrave of Thuringia. Gertrude remarried (2) (1248)Herman V, Margrave of Baden (d.1250) and (3) (1252) Roman Danilovich, Prince of Galicia (Halicz) (d.1260).
(b. 1228 - d. April 24, 1299)
d.s.p.

2. Beatrix of Bohemia (Bozena)
(b. 1231 - d. May 25, 1286)
married June, 1243
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg 1220 - 1267, the son of Margrave Albert II and his wife Matilda of Lausitz.
(b. c1215 - d. Oct 9, 1267)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

3. Przemysl Ottakar II, King of Bohemia 1253 - 1278
(b. 1233 - d. Aug 26, 1278, killed in battle of Durnkrut)
married (1) Vienna, Austria, 1251 - 1260 (her second) (divorced 1260)
Margaret of Babenberg, widow of Henry VII, King of Germany, daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, and his wifeTheodora Angela, niece of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelus.
(b. 1205, Vienna, Austria - d. Feb 28, 1267, Vienna)
d.s.p.
married (2) Oct 25, 1261, Pressburg, Hungary (her first)
Kunigunde Rotislavna of Galicia (Halicz), daughter of Rotislav Mikhailovich of Kiev, Tsar of Bulgaria, and his wife Anna of Hungary. Queen Kunigunde remarried to Count Zavis von Falkenstein (d. 1290).
(b. 1245 - d. Sept 9, 1285)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

4. Agnes of Bohemia
(b. 1234 - d. Oct 10, 1268
married 1245 (his second)
Henry ' the Illustrious ', Margrave of Meissen, son of Dietrich, Margrave of Meissen, and his wife Jutta, daughter of Herman I, Landgrave of Thuringia.
(b. 1216 - d. 1288)
d.s.p.

(3 - 4)

1. Matilda of Brabant
(b. c1224 - d. Sept 29, 1288)
Buried at Abbey of Chercamp
married (1) June 14, 1237, Compeigne
Robert I, Count d' Artois, the son of Louis VIII, King of France, and his wife Blanche, the daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile.
(b. Sept, 1216 - d. Feb 9, 1250, Mansurah, Egypt, being killed in battle)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

married (2) cMay 31, 1254
Guy II de Chatillon, Count of St Pol, the son of Hugh de Chatillon, Count of St Pol, and his wife Marie d'Avesnes, Countess of Blois
(b. c1220 - d. March 12, 1289)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

2. Beatrix of Brabant
(b. c1225 - d. Nov 11, 1288)
married (1) March 10, 1241
Henry Raspe IV of Thuringia, German emperor elect, son of Herman I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and his second wife Sophia, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Bavaria.
(b. 1202 - d. Feb 16, 1247)
d.s.p.
married (2) Nov, 1247
Guillaume II de Dampierre, Count of Flanders 1246 - 1251, the son of Guillaume I de Dampierre, and his wife Margaret, Countess of Flanders and Hainault, daughter of Baldwin IX of Flanders, Latin Emperor of Constantinople 1204 - 1205.
(b. 1224 - d. June 6, 1251)
d.s.p.

3. Maria of Brabant
(b. 1226 - d. Jan 18, 1256, Donauwerth, near Harburg, Bavaria)
The duchess was peremptorily beheaded at her husband's order, he mistakenly believing she was guilty of adultery. He himself personally threw Maria 's lady-in-waiting, Helice von Brennenburg, to her death from the castle battlements, believing her guilty of collusion with his wife.
married Aug 2, 1254, Landshut, Bavaria
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 1253 - 1294, the son of Otto II, Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes, Countess Palatine of the Rhine.
(b. April 13, 1229, Heidelberg - d. Feb 2, 1294, Heidelberg)
d.s.p.

4. Henry III, Duke of Brabant 1248 - 1261
(b. c1227 - d. Feb 28, 1261, Louvain)
married 1251
Alix of Burgundy (Adelaide), the daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Yolande of Dreux, Countess d'Auxonne.
(b. 1232 - d. Oct 23, 1273, Louvain)
Buried at Louvain

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

5. Margaret of Brabant
Cistercian Abbess of Vau-le-Duc
(b. c1231 - d. March 14, 1277, Abbey of Vau-le-Duc, Brabant)

6. Philip of Brabant
(b. c1235)
Died young.

(3 - 5)

1. Alfonso X ' the Wise ', King of Castile and Leon 1252 - 1284, King of Germany 1257 - 1275.
(b. Nov 23, 1221, Toledo - d. April 4, 1284, Seville)
married Nov 26, 1248, at Valladolid
Violante of Aragon (Yolande), daughter of James I, King of Aragon, and his second wife Violante, daughter of Andrew II, King of Hungary.
(b. 1236 - d. 1301, Roncesvalles, Navarre)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

2. Fadrique (Frederick), Infante of Aragon
(b. before June 6, 1224, Guadalaraja - executed 1277)
married c1274
Caterina Komnena, daughter of Nikephorus Dukas Komnenus, Despot of Epirus.
(b. 1248, Epirus, Greece - d. c1294)
d.s.p.

His illegitimate issue beyond the scope of this work

3. Fernando, Infante of Castile
(b. before Jan 15, 1227, Cuenca - d. after 1243)

4. Enrique (Henry), Infante of Castile, Lord of Ecija
(b. 1231 - d. 1304, Roa)
married 1300 (her first)
Juana Nunez de Lara, known as ' La Palomilla ', Countess of Lara and Herrera. Juana remarried (2) 1308, Ferdinando, Infante of Castile, Prince de la Cerda (1275 - 1322).
(b. 1285 - d. 1351, Palencia, Castile)
d.s.p.

5. Felipe (Philip) Infante of Castile, Archbishop of Seville, Lord of Valdecorneja.
(b. 1232 - d. 1274)
married (1) 1258
Kristina Haraldsdotter (Christina), Princess of Norway, daughter of Harald IV Hakonsson, King of Norway, and his wife Margaret Skulesdotter, daughter of the Norwegian jarl (earl) Skule, brother of King Inge II Baardsson.
(b. 1234 - d. 1262, Seville)
married (2) before 1269
Leonor Alvarez de Castro, daughter of Alvar de Castro, Lord of Cigales.
(b. c1246 - d. after April 27, 1275, at Santolalla)

His children are beyond the scope of this work

6. Leonor, Infanta of Castile
(b. 1232 - died young)

7. Sancho, Infante of Castile, Archbishop of Toledo and Seville
(b. 1233 - d. 1261, Toledo)

8. Juan Manuel I, Infante of Castile, Duke of Escalona, Pennafiel and Villena
(b. 1234, Carrion - d. Dec, 1283, Pennafiel)
married (1) 1260, at Soria
Constanza of Aragon, the daughter of James I, King of Aragon, and his second wife Violante, daughter of Andrew II, King of Hungary.
(b. 1240 - d. 1269)
married (2) c1274 (her second)
Beatrice of Savoy (Beatrix), widow of Pierre, Count of Chalons, daughter of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, and his second wife Cecilia de Baux.
(b. 1243 - d. Feb 23, 1292)

Their children are beyond the scope of this work

9. Berengaria (Berenguela), Infanta of Castile
Abbess of Las Huelgas, Burgos
(b. before Nov, 1235 - d. March 8, 1279, Abbey of Las Huelgas)
(twin with Maria)

10. Maria, Infanta of Castile
(b. before Nov 5, 1235 - d. before Nov 5, 1235)
(twin with Berengaria).

THE END



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