Bella d'Amichi or Bella d'Amico ( fl. 1245-1282), was an Italian noble and mother of

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 talen ...

. She was from the lesser nobility of Calabria, married to

Richard of Lauria Richard of Lauria (died 26 February 1266) was an Italian nobleman. He was the father of admiral Roger of Lauria. Biography He was lord of Lauria from 1254 and Scalea from 1266, and also held fiefs in Basilicata (from 1239) and Calabria. He married ...

and a nurse and governess of the future

Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon Constance II of Sicily ( – ) was Queen consort of Aragon as the wife of Peter III of Aragon and a pretender to the Kingdom of Sicily from 1268 to 1285. She was the only daughter of Manfred of Sicily and his first wife, Beatrice of Savoy. Life ...

. Bella followed Constance to Aragon upon her marriage to Peter III of Aragon in 1262. She was head lady-in-waiting, favorite and confidant to Constance. She was evidently married, as she brought her son with her to Aragon; Roger of Lauria, who was born in about 1245 and raised at the Aragonese court to be in service of Peter III. Bella d'Amichi was given a very good impression in contemporary chronicles and her warm and loving relationship to both queen Constance as well as her son has been noted. The year of her death is not known, but it is known that she accompanied the queen to Sicily in 1282, where her position as the queen's intimate favorite and confidante was again noted.

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Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones: Bella, d'Amichi
� * Fullana, Lluís (1923). «La casa de Lauria en el reino de Valencia». En: Tercer Congrès d'Història de la Corona d'Aragó, València. 13th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon 13th-century Italian nobility 13th-century Italian women 13th-century Spanish women Spanish royal favourites Spanish ladies-in-waiting Italian emigrants to Spain People from Calabria