Elisabeth of Sicily (1310–1349) was a daughter of

Frederick III of Sicily Frederick III (also Frederick II, ', ', '); 13 December 1272 – 25 June 1337) was the regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1291 until 1295 and subsequently King of Sicily from 1295 until his death. He was the third son of Peter III of Ara ...

and Eleanor of Anjou. Her siblings included: Peter II of Sicily and Manfred of Athens.

Marriage and issue

On 27 June 1328 Elisabeth married Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, son of

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV (; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (, ), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347. 20 October 1314 imperial election, Louis' election a ...

and

Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau Beatrice of Silesia (also known as Beatrice of Świdnica; , ; 1290 – 24 August 1322) was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch of Jawor- Świdnica and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen. Family S ...

. The couple had three sons and a daughter, they were: # Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1337–26 September 1413, Niederschönfeld). # Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut (1339–4 December 1393, Budweis). # John II of Bavaria-Munich (1341–1397), married Katharina of Görz # Agnes (b. 1338), married c. 1356 King

James I of Cyprus James I (; 1334 – September 9, 1398) was the youngest son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and by 1369 held the title "Constable of Jerusalem." When his nephew Peter II of Cyprus, Peter II died in 1382, he became King of Cyprus. James was also crowne ...

. Elisabeth died in 1349, her husband later married Margarete of Nuremberg; they had no children.

Descendants

Two of her sons became Dukes of Bavaria and her daughter, Agnes, became Queen of Cyprus by her marriage to

. Her granddaughter and namesake was

Isabeau of Bavaria Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – 24 September 1435) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI of France, Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach a ...

, queen of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

by her marriage to

Charles VI of France Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved () and in the 19th century, the Mad ( or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychosis, psychotic episodes t ...

. Isabeau's children included: Isabella, Queen of England;

Catherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

, also queen of England; Michelle, duchess of

Burgundy Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. ...

and

Charles VII of France Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious () or the Well-Served (), was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a ''de facto'' end of the English claims to ...

Ancestry

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* * 1310 births 1349 deaths House of Barcelona (Sicily) Sicilian princesses Aragonese infantas Duchesses of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Capetian House of Anjou 14th-century Italian women Burials at Munich Frauenkirche 14th-century Sicilian people Daughters of kings Mothers of Bavarian monarchs {{Europe-royal-stub