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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

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