Beatrix of Sicily or Beatrice di Sicilia (
Palermo
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, 1260 –
Marquisate of Saluzzo
The Marquisate of Saluzzo () was a historical Italian state that included parts of the current region of Piedmont and of the French Alps. The Marquisate was much older than the Renaissance lordships, being a legacy of the feudalism of the High ...
, 1307) was a
Sicilian princess. In 1296 she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo.
Beatrix was the daughter of
Manfred of Sicily
Manfred ( scn, Manfredi di Sicilia; 123226 February 1266) was the last King of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen dynasty, reigning from 1258 until his death. The natural son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Manfred became regent over th ...
and his wife
Helena Angelina Doukaina
Helena Angelina Doukaina ( 1242 – 1271) was Queen of Sicily as the second wife of King Manfred. Queen Helena was the daughter of Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus, and Theodora Petraliphaina. Her marriage was an expression of the all ...
. After the
battle of Benevento
The Battle of Benevento was a major medieval battle fought on 26 February 1266, near Benevento in present-day Southern Italy, between the forces of Charles I of Anjou and those of King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred's defeat and death resulted in Ch ...
, 26 February 1266, and the death of her father, Beatrix was imprisoned in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
together with her family. After 1271, she was transferred to Naples. Beatrix regained her freedom only in 1284, after the
Battle of the Gulf of Naples
The naval Battle of the Gulf of Naples took place on 5 June 1284 in the south of the Gulf of Naples, Italy, when an Aragonese-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a Neapolitan galley fleet commanded by Charles of Salerno ( ...
, thanks to
Roger of Lauria
Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305) was a Neapolitan admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talent ...
.
In 1286 Beatrix married
Manfred IV, son of
Thomas I, Marquess of Saluzzo
Thomas I (1239–1296) was the fourth Marquess of Saluzzo from 1244 to his death. He was the son of Manfred III and Beatrice of Savoy. He succeeded his father Manfred III. He was also the grandson of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy.
Biography
Unde ...
. In 1296, after his father-in-law's death, she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo.
Beatrix died in 1307.
Issue
Manfred and Beatrix had two children:
*
Frederick I of Saluzzo
Frederick I (1287–1336) was the seventh Marquess of Saluzzo from 1330 until his death.
He was the eldest son of Manfred IV of Saluzzo by his first wife Beatrice, daughter of King Manfred of Sicily.
He was overlooked by his father, who appoi ...
.
*Catherine of Saluzzo. Married
William Enganna, Lord of the Barge
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...
.
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Hohenstaufen
Sicilian princesses
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Nobility from Palermo
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14th-century Italian women
1260 births
1307 deaths
Daughters of kings