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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 />

The Hohenstaufen Dynasty - Page 88 of 200

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