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Mistresses and illegitimate issue<br />

Unknown name, Sicilian Countess. According to Medlands, she was<br />

the first known mistress of Frederick II, by this time King of Sicily. Her exact<br />

parentage is unknown, but the Thomas Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et<br />

Pontificum stated she was a nobili comitissa quo in regno Sicilie erat <strong>here</strong>s.<br />

Frederick of Pettorana born in Sicily between 1212 and 1213, who fled to<br />

Spain with his wife and children in 1240, but both his children died t<strong>here</strong> at<br />

the age of two and one.<br />

Adelheid (Adelaide) of Urslingen (c. 1184 – c. 1222). Her relationship with<br />

Frederick II took place during the time he stayed in Germany (between 1215<br />

and 1220). According to some sources, she was related to the Hohenburg<br />

family under the name Alayta of Vohburg (it: Alayta di Marano); but the<br />

most accepted theory stated she was the daughter of Conrad of Urslingen,<br />

Count of Assisi and Duke of Spoleto.<br />

Son: Enzio (Heinz) Von Hohenstaufen King Of Sardinia (1215–1272)<br />

Enzo (or Enzio) was an illegitimate son of Emperor<br />

Frederick II, who appointed him King of Sardinia in<br />

1238. He played a major role in the wars between<br />

Guelphs and Ghibellines in northern Italy, and was<br />

captured by his enemies in 1249. He remained<br />

imprisoned in Bologna until his death.<br />

(Picture: King Enzo imprisoned in Bologna, from a medieval<br />

manuscript)<br />

He had a pleasant personality and a strong physical<br />

resemblance to his father. He fought in the wars<br />

between his father, the pope, and the Northern<br />

Italian communes.<br />

When Ubaldo of Gallura died in 1238, the Doria family of Genoa, in order to secure<br />

the Giudicato of Logudoro from Pisan domination, convinced the emperor to marry<br />

Enzo to Ubaldo's widow, Adelasia of Torres. By marrying her, Enzo would accede to<br />

half of the island of Sardinia jure uxoris. He was created a knight in Cremona and<br />

granted the title "King of Sardinia". He travelled to the island to marry Adelasia in<br />

October that year.<br />

The Hohenstaufen Dynasty - Page 61 of 200

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