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Henry VI of Sicily Hohenstaufen
(1165-1197)
Constance of Sicily
(1154-1198)
Alphonso II the Chaste of Aragón
(1152-1196)
Sancha of Castile
(1164-1208)
Frederick II of Germany Hohenstaufen
(1194-1250)
Constance of Aragon
(Bef 1183-1222)
Henry of Germany Hohenstaufen
(1211-1242)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Margaret Babenberg

Henry of Germany Hohenstaufen 1 2 3

  • Born: 1211, Sicily
  • Marriage: Margaret Babenberg in 1225
  • Died: 1242, Martirano, Italy aged 31

  General Notes:

Frederick's son Henry, sometimes styled Henry VII, especially during his period of rebellion in alliance with the Lombard League was born 1211 in Sicily, son of Frederick's first wife Constance of Aragon.

King of the Germans (or, equivalently, "King of the Romans"), King of Sicily, claimant to the imperial title. After quarrelling with his father and forming an alliance with the Lombard League, he was captured by Frederick's forces and imprisoned from 1236; he died in Martirano in 1242, probably of the consequences of an attempted suicide.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was employed. Holy Roman Emperor


Henry married Margaret Babenberg, daughter of Leopold VI the Glorious of Austria and Theodora of Byzantium, in 1225. (Margaret Babenberg died in 1267.)


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

3 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

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