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In July 1239, he was assigned as imperial vicar general in Lombardy, as well as
General-Legate in Romagna, and left Sardinia never to return. In 1241, he took part
in the capture of a papal fleet at Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. His first
successful move as military leader was the reconquest of Jesi, in the Marche, which
was Frederick's birthplace. Later he was captured in a skirmish against the
Milanese at Gorgonzola, but soon released. In 1245 or 1246 his marriage was
annulled. In 1247, he took part in the unsuccessful siege of Parma.
He continued to fight the Guelph Lombards, assaulting the Guelphs of Reggio and
conducting an assault in the surroundings of Parma.
During a campaign to support the Ghibelline cities of Modena and Cremona
against Guelph Bologna, he was defeated and captured on 26 May 1249 at the
Battle of Fossalta. Enzo was thenceforth kept prisoner in Bologna, in the palace
that came to bear his name. Every attempt to escape or to rescue him failed, and he
died in prison in 1272: after the murder of Conradin in 1268 who was the last of the
Hohenstaufen.
Enzo shared the father's passion for falconry, and was thus nicknamed Falconello
("little falcon"). He was the dedicatee of a French translation of a hunting treatise
by Yatrib. Like his brother Manfred, he presumably grew fond of poetry at
Frederick's court: during his long imprisonment Enzo wrote several poems, and his
pitiful fate was itself a source of inspiration for several poets.
The powerful Bentivoglio family of Bologna and Ferrara claimed descent from him.
Unknown name, from the family of the Dukes of Spoleto. This relationship is
only exposed in Medlands . Other sources (included Medlands) also stated
Catarina was a full sister of Enzio and, in consequence, also daughter of
Adelaide of Urslingen.
Daughter:
Caterina da Marano (1216/18 – 1272), who married firstly with NN and
secondly with Giacomo del Carretto, marquis of Noli and Finale.
Manna, sister of the Archbishop of Messina.
Son: Richard of Chieti (or Riccardo di Teate) 1225 – 26 May 1249. Conte di
Chieti. Captain General of Tuscany, podestà of Florence. Vicar General of the
March of Ancona, the Duchy of Spoleto, and the Romagna. Matthew Paris records
the death in 1249 of "alius Fretherici filius naturalis in Apulia" directly after his
report of the capture of Enzio King of Sardinia, specifying that he died "eodemque
tempore", i.e. when Enzio was captured
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