Frederick II of Germany Hohenstaufens Emperor of Germany [5609] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Acceded: 1212

Holy Roman Emperor. Sources differ over which Isabel Frederick married,
some say Isabella daughter of John I Lackland of England and some say
daughter of John of Brienne King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople.
King of Naples and Sicily 1197.

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Has ancestry chart in Wikipedia

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Germany, 1197. Son of Henry VI;
King of Germany under his father 1197

• Acceded: King of Germany, 5 Dec 1212. King of Germany 5 December 1212-26 December 1250
Son of Henry VI;
Rival king to Otto IV until 5 July 1215

• Acceded: Holy Roman Emperor, 22 Nov 1220. Holy Roman Emperor 22 November 1220-26 December 1250

Frederick married Constance of Aragon Queen of Hungary [9571] [MRIN: 4109], daughter of Alphonso II the Chaste of Aragon King of Aragon [8404] and Sancha of Castile Infanta of Castile [8449], on 15 Aug 1209 in Messina, Sicily. (Constance of Aragon Queen of Hungary [9571] was born in 1179, died on 23 Jun 1222 in Catania and was buried in Cathedral of Palermo.). The cause of her death was malaria.

Frederick next married Isabel II (Yolande) of Jerusalem Queen of Jerusalem [5608] [MRIN: 1816], daughter of John I de Brienne King of Jerusalem [5606] and Maria (Mary) of Jerusalem Queen of Jerusalem [5607], on 9 Nov 1225 in cathedral of Brindisi. (Isabel II (Yolande) of Jerusalem Queen of Jerusalem [5608] was born in 1212, died on 25 Apr 1228 and was buried in Andria Cathedral.)

  Marriage Notes:

During a meeting between John of Brienne, the Pope Honorius III and Frederick II in the city of Ferentino in 1223, Yolande's fate was decided: Frederick accepted to finally go to the Crusade, but only as the legitimate King of Jerusalem, and this was only possible if he agreed to take the young Queen Isabella II as his wife (by this time, Frederick was a widower). This was planned by the Pope, who hoped by this bond to attach the Emperor firmly to the Sixth Crusade. The betrothal was confirmed, but the Emperor still delayed his departure until August 1225, when he and Isabella were married by proxy in the City of Acre. Days after, Isabella II was crowned as Queen of Jerusalem.

The now crowned Queen was sent to Italy and married in person to Frederick II in the , on 9 November 1225. In the ceremony, he declared himself King Frederick of Jerusalem. Immediately Frederick II saw to it that his new father-in-law John of Brienne, the current Regent of Jerusalem, was dispossessed and his rights transferred to him. Despite his new capacity as King of Jerusalem, Frederick II continued to take his time in setting off, and in 1227, he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for failing to honour his crusading pledge.

After the wedding, Isabella was kept in seclusion by her husband. She spent her time in Frederick's harem in Palermo. In November 1226, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter (referred to by some sources as Margaret); the baby died in August 1227. Frederick finally sailed from Brindisi on 8 September 1227 for Jerusalem but fell ill at Otranto, where Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, had been put ashore. Frederick postponed the journey while he recovered. In the meantime Isabella died after giving birth to her second child, a son, Conrad, in Andria, Bari, on 25 April 1228. She is buried in Andria Cathedral. Frederick finally embarked to Jerusalem on 28 June.

Frederick next married Isabella (Elizabeth) (Plantagenet) of England Empress of Germany [4538] [MRIN: 551618894], daughter of John I Lackland Plantagenet King of England [2562] [9CXJ-N8Z] and Isabella of Angoulême Taillefer Queen of England [4523], on 15 Jul 1235 in Worms, Germany. (Isabella (Elizabeth) (Plantagenet) of England Empress of Germany [4538] was born in 1214 and died on 1 Dec 1241.)

Frederick next married Bianca Lancia [64227] [MRIN: 551618895]. (Bianca Lancia [64227] was born about 1205 in Agliano Terme.)

  Marriage Notes:

Bianca Lancia d'Agliano (also called Beatrice and Blanche) , an Italian noblewoman, was the mistress and later the wife of emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. The marriage was conducted while she was on her deathbed, therefore it was considered non-canonical.