Felicia of SicilyShe’s called ''Felícia'' in Hungarian. (c. 1078—c. 1102) is a name used for one Queen consort of Hungary and Croatia. She was daughter of Count

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and his second wife,

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. She is also called Busilla, but this name is a misunderstanding of the ancient

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word ''pucelle'' meaning "virgin".

Coloman, King of Hungary Coloman the Learned, also the Book-Lover or the Bookish ( hu, Könyves Kálmán; hr, Koloman; sk, Koloman Učený; 10703February 1116) was King of Hungary from 1095 and King of Croatia from 1097 until his death. Because Coloman and his younge ...

sent his envoys to her father's court to propose marriage to her in 1096, but the Count of Sicily did not qualify the envoys illustrious enough and refused the offer. The second mission of the King of Hungary was led by Bishop

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, but insisted on further negotiations. Finally, the envoys, led by

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, accompanied Felicia to Hungary, where she was married to

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around 1097. She was followed by some Sicilian courtiers as well, ''e.g.'' the ancestors of the future ''gens'' Rátót (Olivér and Rátót) who arrived to

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in her escort.

Marriage and children

''# c. 1097:'' King

Coloman of Hungary Coloman the Learned, also the Book-Lover or the Bookish ( hu, Könyves Kálmán; hr, Koloman; sk, Koloman Učený; 10703February 1116) was King of Hungary from 1095 and King of Croatia from 1097 until his death. Because Coloman and his younge ...

(c. 1070 – 3 February 1116) * Sophia (before 1101 – ?), wife of a Hungarian noble * King Stephen II of Hungary (1101 – 1 March 1131) * Ladislaus (?)

Notes and references

Sources

* Soltész, István: ''Árpád-házi királynék'' (Gabo, 1999) * Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: ''Az Árpád-ház uralkodói'' (IPC Könyvek, 1996) {{DEFAULTSORT:Felicia Of Sicily Hungarian queens consort Italo-Normans Sicilian people of Norman descent Burials at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Burials at St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia 11th-century Hungarian women 12th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Hungarian women 11th-century Italian nobility 11th-century Italian women 1070s births 1100s deaths