Constance of Aragon was an Aragonese infanta who was by marriage firstly queen of Hungary and Croatia, and secondly queen of Germany and Sicily and Holy Roman empress. She was regent of Sicily from 12
Konstancie Aragonska Uhry
Constance of Aragon's crown, Treasury of the Palermo Cathedral
Frederick II was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220, and King of Jerusalem from 1225 to 1228. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI, of th
Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress
…Innocent III since he wanted an annulment of his marriage with Maria of Montpellier. The pope solicited Constance's hand for his pupil, the young King Frederick of Sicily. Peter accepted the proposal; Constance left her mother and began her trip to Sicily in 1208. Sancha died shortly after. Constance and Frederick were…
Contemporary portrait of Frederick II from the "Manfred manuscript" (Biblioteca Vaticana, Pal. lat 1071) of De arte venandi cum avibus
The birth of Frederick on the market square of Jesi from the Nuova Cronica, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms. Chigi L. VIII.296 (cat. XI.8).
Constance handing her son over to the care of the duchess of Spoleto, the wife of Conrad of Urslingen, from the Liber ad honorem Augusti by Peter of Eboli.
Seals used by Frederick as Emperor (ed. Otto Posse 1909): 1: first Imperial seal (1221–1225), 2: second Imperial seal (1226), 3: third Imperial seal, addition of the title of King of Jerusalem (1226–1250) 4: seal used in 1221 and 1225, 5: first seal as King of Jerusalem (1233).