← Explore on the interactive map

Constance I (Hauteville)

Type Figure Region Sicily Time c. 1154–1198 Also known as Constance I of Sicily、Constance of Hauteville、Konstanze von Sizilien

Daughter of Roger II and last legitimate Hauteville heir, she married Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire in 1186, contested the throne with Tancred af…

Timeline

  1. c. 1154–1186Palermo · SicilyYoungest daughter of Roger II, sister of William I and aunt of William II; regarded as the lawful heiress to the Sicilian throne after the Hauteville male line failed, she was active mainly in Italy in the early 1180s.
  2. 1186–1189Milan · LombardyMarried Henry VI in Milan in January 1186, uniting the Sicilian succession with the Empire; she accompanied her husband in Germany and Italy in the late 1180s, laying the political groundwork for his later armed claim against Tancred.
  3. 1189–1198Palermo · SicilyImprisoned by Tancred after William II died in 1189, she was released after Henry VI's failed invasion in 1191; after Henry conquered Sicily and Tancred died in 1194 she was crowned queen and bore Frederick II, and after Henry's death in 1197 she ruled as regent until her death in 1198.

Sources