Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily

1181 - 1208  (27 years)

• Name	Irene Angelica
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1181  [1, 2]
  General Information	Her name was also spelt "Eirene Angelina". She was also called, in Germany, Maria.  [1, 2]
  Miscellaneous	1194 (Age 13)  [1]
  In 1194, as a young widow, she was abducted from Sicily and taken to Germany.
  Death	27 Aug 1208  [1]
  	She died after the miscarriage of a premature child and two months after her husband's murder. [1]
  Burial	—	Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany   [1, 2]
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Euphrosyne Angelina + 2. Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily,   b. About 1181   d. 27 Aug 1208  (Age 27 years) ▻ Roger III of Sicily,  m. 1191 ;   Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany,  m. 25 May 1197   3. Alexios IV Angelos, Emperor of the East,   b. Abt 1182   d. 1204  (Age 22 years)
  Person ID	I3158	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East,   b. 1156   d. 1204 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Eirene Komnena   d. 1184/1185
  Family ID	F2553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Roger III of Sicily  [1]
  Marriage	1191  [1, 4]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 10 years - He : ??.
  Family ID	F2552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany,   b. About 1177   d. 21 Jun 1208, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1197  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 16 years and 5 months - He : ~ 20 years and 5 months.
  Notes	Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1196. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany,   b. 1201, Swabia, Germany d. 1235, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 34 years)   2. Ethisa von Hohenstauffen   d. Abt 1234
  Family ID	F2549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Event Map		Child - Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany - 1201 - Swabia, Germany Burial - — - Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1472] Stone, Don C. and Charles R Owens. "[Eirene?], First wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, is Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity" , (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy, volume 3, number 5, January 2011). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947).