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FREDERICK OF ANTIOCH
The House of Hohenstaufen (1128 –1256), son of Frederick II Holy Roman
Emperor
Prince of Antioch, King of Tuscany (1245-1256) Count of: Alba, Maremma, Marca,
Romagna and Celano. King of Antioch (1247).
Frederick of Antioch was the first "Swabian" in
possession of the castle of Saracinesco as a result
of his marriage to the noble Roman Margherita
Poli, daughter of Giovanni di Poly Romano, niece
of Pope Innocent III, who brought a dowry to her
husband Frederick, with the wedding of 10
February 1240.
The possessions of Frederick of Antioch, which
seems that the Emperor, his father, had already assigned him the castle of
Pettorano in Abruzzo Aquilano, and were enlarged in 1241 with the fief of Anticoli,
granted to Frederick always by his father Frederick II, as a strategy the Tivoli base
of operations as disorder against Rome, he meant so make sure the safety of the
Valley of Aniene necessary for his movements.
The family history begins with Frederick of Antioch son of the Emperor Frederick
II of Swabia and, therefore, a descendant of Frederick I Barbarossa. Born in
Palestine in 1228, Maria Matilda (or Beatrice) of the princes of the House of
Antioch Bohemond IV of Hautville. After the death of his first wife, Bohemond IV
married again at Tripoli in January 1218 Melisende de Lusignan (c. 1200 – after
1249), Princess of Cyprus, daughter of Amalric II of Jerusalem and his second wife
Isabella of Jerusalem.
Bohemond IV or de Poitiers, also known as the One-Eyed,
c. 1172 – March 1233, is a direct descendant of Bohemond I
DE HAUTEVILLE and Constance of France (1078- January
1124/1126) was the daughter of King Philip I of France and
Bertha of Holland. She was a member of the House of Capet
and was princess of Antioch from her second marriage in
1106 in Chartres, Centre, France. The marriage was
celebrated in the cathedral of Chartres, and the festivities
were held at the court of Adela, who also took part in
negotiations. The groom took the opportunity to encourage
the nobility to fight in the Holy Land, and also negotiated
for a marriage between Bohemond's nephew Tancred, Prince of Galilee and
Constance's half-sister Cecile of France.
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