Margaret of Sicily, also called Margaret of Hohenstaufen or Margaret of Germany was a Sicilian and German princess from the House of Hohenstaufen. By marriage, she became Landgravine of Thuringia and
Margaret of Hohenstaufen. Wall painting by Anton Dietrich (1833–1904) in Albrechtsburg, Meissen.
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
Margaret of Sicily
…Landgravine of Thuringia and Countess Palatine of Saxony (Landgräfin von Thüringen und Pfalzgräfin von Sachsen). She was born in Foggia, the daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily and Germany, and his third wife, Isabella of England. Her paternal grandparents were Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Constance of…
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).