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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 />
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