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In the church of Sambucci t<strong>here</strong> is still a tombstone with the inscription: “ Casa<br />
Reale della famiglia Antiochia" (Royal House of Antioch).<br />
The Hohenstaufen Dynasty - Page 90 of 200<br />
In the nearby village of Anticoli<br />
Corrado, many families flourished the<br />
surname Corrado as a sign of their<br />
descent from Corrado of Antioch. Local<br />
women are famous for their beauty,<br />
but this is the only legacy that now<br />
possesses the legendary house of<br />
Hohenstaufen.<br />
All Hohenstaufen claims<br />
All Hohenstaufen claims, with the tragic death of Conrad IV's sixteen year old son<br />
(direct cousin to Corrado Caputo of Antioch) , both the House of Hohenstaufen and<br />
the Duchy of Swabia ceased forever to exist" But it must understood that t<strong>here</strong> are<br />
many descendants of this family, real and genuine ones, legitimate and natural<br />
children....but they are all descendants.<br />
About Fredrick of Antioch (son to the Emperor and father to the first Caputo,<br />
Prince of Antioch of the House of Hohenstaufen. Vicar General for the island of<br />
Sicily, nephew of Frederick II.), his mother Matilde was lawfully married to<br />
Fredrick Hohenstaufen. Federico of Antioch d' Hauteville von Shwaben<br />
Hohenstaufen, the PRINCIPALITY OF ANTIOCH. Federico was King of Antioch,<br />
King of Tuscany, given to him by his father Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Emperor of<br />
the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Jerusalem received with the marriage<br />
to Isabella di Brienne. (A History of the Italian Republic).<br />
Marriage of Maria Matilde with the Emperor Fredrick II, Bartolomeo da Neocastro<br />
(History, cit., P. 21) and Pirro (See A. Pirro, Sicilia, cit., Pp. 25-35) says that the<br />
mother of Frederick is legitimate wife of the Emperor. According to these<br />
testimonies Frederick of Antioch should be considered legitimate child of the<br />
Emperor and fourth wife. In the testament of Frederick II, Frederick of Antioch,<br />
vicar general of Tuscany. It is listed as "Count of Alba" (BF, 3635, BFW, 13624b,<br />
Ernst Kantorowicz, Frederick II emperor p. 746).<br />
Frederick of Antioch is not named as a bastard. The princess of Antioch<br />
would have lived in Italy with the Emperor, in the years 1222-1225, together with a<br />
public and stable enough to be called "uxor" by some sources. Bartolomeo da<br />
Neocastro lists five "uxores" (a wife, spouse, consort) Frederick II. Among the first<br />
wife Constance of Aragon (1209-1222) and the second or Jolanda Isabella of<br />
Jerusalem (1225-1228) t<strong>here</strong> is a gap (1222-1225): in this period was born<br />
Frederick of Antioch, at the same so t<strong>here</strong> is a gap between the second and third