Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was known as Marie of Swabia, or Mary of Hohensauffen.

Notes:

Death: von Redlich (1941) gives her death date as 1240.

Maria married Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine on 9 Feb 1207. Henry (son of Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Bloulogne) was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1215.

1. Henry III, Duke of Brabant died on 28 Feb 1260.
2. Matilda of Brabant died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cercamp, Frévent, Hauts-de-France, France.

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• General Information: He was also the Duke of Swabia, and the Margrave of Tuscany.
• Title(s): 1196; In 1196, he became the Duke of Tuscany and Swabia.
• Crowned: 1198; In 1198, he as crowned the Emperor of Germany. He was considered the Holy Roman Emperor, but never crowned as such.
• Crowned: 6 Feb 1199; On 6 February 1199, he was crowned the King of the Romans.

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Died:
He was assassinated by Otto of Wittelsbach.

Philip married Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East and Eirene Komnena) was born about 1181; died on 27 Aug 1208; was buried in Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name was also spelt "Eirene Angelina". She was also called, in Germany, Maria.
• Miscellaneous: 1194; In 1194, as a young widow, she was abducted from Sicily and taken to Germany.

Notes:

Death: My old records say she was killed by the same person on the same day as her husband, but in a totally different place. I have left her record blank until this can be figured out.

Died:
She died after the miscarriage of a premature child and two months after her husband's murder.

Notes:

Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1196.

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• General Information: Frederick was one of the leaders of the Third Crusade. He was also known as Frederick III Duke of Alsace and Swabia.
• Crowned: 8 Jun 1155; On 8 June 1155, he was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor. Later on 9 March 1158, he was crowned the King of Germany as Frederick III.
• Reign: From 8 Jun 1155 to 10 Jun 1190; Holy Roman Emperor
• Reign: From 9 Mar 1158 to 10 Jun 1190; King of Germany
• Military: 1189; He joined the 3rd Crusade.

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Died:
He drowned on the way to the Third Crusade.

Frederick married Beatrix of Mâcon between 10 Jun 1156 and 16 Jun 1156 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. Beatrix (daughter of Renaud III, Comte de Mâcon and Burgundy and Agatha of Alsace) was born in aout 1145; died on 15 Nov 1184. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was also known as Beatrice of Burgundy. She was the heiress of West Burgundy.

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 1185 to 1195; Emperor of the East (Basilius)

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History:
His name was also spelt Isaakios II Angelos.

In 1185, he was crowned Basilius, that is the Emperor of the East. He was deposed in 1195. in 1203, he was returned to the throne.

Died:
He was killed in battle.

Isaac married Eirene Komnena. Eirene (daughter of Demetrios Tornikes, Logothete of the Dome and sister of Euthymios Malakes) died in 1184/1185. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stone (2011) provides a much more accurate ancestry of Eirene, and negates Stuart (2002) (42).

Died:
She died in a monastery.

Frederick married Judith of Bavaria in 1121. Judith (daughter of Henry IX "the Black", Duke of Bavaria and Wulfhilda of Saxony) was born about 1100; died on 22 Feb 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Her death year may have been 1135.

Renaud married Agatha of Alsace in 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
His name was also spelt Andronikos Angelos Doukas.

From 1166 to 1185, Andronicus Angelus served as kuropalates at the Court of Manuel I, Emperor of the East.

He was blinded in 1182/83. He was a General in the civil and Muslim wars.

Andronicus married Euphrosyne Castamonita before 1155. Euphrosyne died on 1185 - 1195. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Her name was also spelt Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa.

Demetrios married sister of Euthymios Malakes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]