Bianca DI LANCIA
- Born: Between 1205 and 1212, Angliano, Italy
- Married:
- Died: 1233/4
Research Notes:
The Thomas Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum refers to the mother of "Manfredus" as "sorore marchionis Lancee…filia domne Blanca". The Historia Sicula of Bartolomeo di Neocastro names "domina Blanca…de Lancea de Lombardia" as the fifth wife of "dominus Fridericus secundus…Romanorum…imperator". The Historia Manuscrita Mediolanensi records that Emperor Friedrich II married "filiam Bonefacii Castellani" by whom he fathered "Regem Manfredum".
A "confirmatio matrimonii in articulo mortis" in [1233/34] is recorded by Matthew of Paris, in the form of a declaration of her son Manfred. The Cronica Fratris Salimbene de Adam refers to the mother of "Manfredus…filius Friderici" as "marchionis Lancee neptis", specifying that she married the Emperor "in obitu". 1
Marriage Information:
Bianca married Konstantin Roger Friedrich (Friedrich II) VON STAUFEN, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Heinrich VI VON STAUFEN, Holy Roman Emperor, and Constanza DE HAUTEVILLE, Princess of Sicily. (Konstantin Roger Friedrich VON STAUFEN was born on 26 Dec 1194 in Iesi and died on 13 Dec 1250 in Monreale, Palermo, Sicily.)
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