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would seem to be supported by historians and chroniclers of the time, but with
contradictions and uncertainties.
Bartolomeo da Neocastro presents the mother of Frederick of Antioch as the fourth
legitimate wife of Frederick II Hohenstaufen. Even The Pirro says that the mother
of Frederick of Antioch is legitimate wife of the Emperor. According to these
testimonies, therefore, Frederick of Antioch should be considered the legitimate
son of the Emperor and his fourth wife.
We cannot fail to prefer other hypotheses such as that of Carosi, who, in reference
to the mother of Frederick of Antioch, says that "we cannot say anything for sure."
Of course the easiest explanation of the name "d´Antiochia" would be that the
mother was descended from the Norman Bohemond d´Altavilla, son of Roberto
Guiscard, as is well known, in the first crusades June 3 1098 conquered Antioch,
where he was named prince. Bohemond IV of Antioch married three times. From
his first wife were born two daughters who died at an early age. From the second
the other two, of which one died as a child and the other named Maria (Mary or
Mathilde), was to be the legitimate wife of the emperor when he went to the
Crusade because in 1294 she was still alive. From third wife of Bohemond were not
females born.
After Corrado of Antioch’s death, which occurred shortly after 1320, the
descendants of Federico of Antioch divided into different branches, one remaining
in the region of Lazio (Anticoli, Piglio), the other moved to Sicily, where he
obtained the County of Capizzi from King Peter of Aragon (his family member).
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