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The last Swabians<br />
Enzo (1224-1272). Natural son of Frederick II (Heinz is the<br />
diminutive of Heinrich), fought in Italy with his father. Returns the<br />
victory of Meloria (1241), gets the Gallura for marriage (1242) and<br />
his father created for him the kingdom of Sardinia. It occupies<br />
most of Lombardy, participates in the siege of Parma, and is finally<br />
defeated and captured by the Bolognese in Fossalta (26 V 1249)<br />
that keep him prisoner until his death (14 III 1272).<br />
Manfredi. Natural son of Frederick II in Italy fights alongside his<br />
father.<br />
Rules the kingdom of Sicily and successfully defends papal armies in<br />
the name of his uncle Corrado IV, then to the latter's son Conrad, but<br />
the voice of his death takes the crown of the kingdom in Palermo.<br />
Skilled politician in Italy supports the Cremona league, which<br />
reduces Ezzelino III da Romano (1259), and the Florentine and Ghibellines, who<br />
defeated the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti (1260). Gives his daughter in<br />
marriage to Constance King Peter III of Aragon and sends a contingent to help the<br />
Latin principalities in Greece, which are also defeated by the Byzantines in Nicaea<br />
in Pelagonia (1260). The pope index a crusade against him and Charles of Anjou<br />
(brother of Louis IX, King of France) defeats him in Benevento (1266), w<strong>here</strong><br />
Manfredi dies. First covered by a pile of stones, and then buried outside the<br />
borders of the kingdom, because excommunicated, no trace remains of his tomb.<br />
Frederick of Antioch, c. 1223 – 1256 (Father of Corrado Caputo<br />
of Antioch), son of the Emperor Frederick II and a certain Matilde<br />
(Maria or Beatrice) of Antioch, daughter of in the House of<br />
Antioch of Hautville. He was a south Italian noblewoman, ruled as<br />
King of Tuscany from 1246 to 1250, and King of Antioch (1247).<br />
He took part in the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in<br />
northern Italy, and in the war over the Kingdom of Sicily following<br />
his father's death (1250) then with Manfred.<br />
Although he was never formally installed as King of Tuscany, several documents<br />
pertaining to the Tuscan communes refer to him as "lord king" (dominus rex),<br />
"Lord Frederick, son of the emperor, and King" (dominus Federighus filius domini<br />
imperatoris et rex) or "King Frederick" (re Federigo).<br />
Though Frederick has been ascribed up to eight children, only two, perhaps three,<br />
can be identified from primary documents. His son, Corrado (Conrad), Frederick<br />
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