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Elisabeth of Swabia Von Hohenstauffen

1205-1235
Born: Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany
Died: Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain

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  • Story: Elisabeth Of Hohenstaufen

    <div><p><strong>Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen</strong> (called <strong>Beatriz de Suabia</strong> in Spanish) (1203 &ndash; <font color="#002bb8">Toro, Spain</font>, 5 November 1235<sup><font color="#002bb8"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></font></sup>), <font color="#002bb8">Queen of Castile</font> 1219-1235, Queen of <font color="#002bb8">Leon</font> 1230&ndash;1235. She was the fourth daughter of <font color="#002bb8">Philip</font>, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and <font color="#002bb8">Irene Angelina</font>, daughter of Emperor <font color="#002bb8">Isaac II Angelos</font> of the <font color="#002bb8">Byzantine Empire</font>.</p><p>After the death of her father Philip, she became the ward of her cousin, <font color="#002bb8">Frederick, King of Sicily</font> (later Emperor Frederick II); he later married her to <font color="#002bb8">Ferdinand III</font>, King of Castile and Leon (called <em>the Saint</em>). The marriage was celebrated at the end of November of 1219 or 1220 in the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo in Carri&oacute;n de los Condes (Palencia). In Castile, she was known as <em>Beatriz</em>.</p><p></p><span>Children of Elisabeth and Ferninand</span><ul><li><font color="#002bb8">Alfonso X</font> (called <em>the Wise</em>) </li><li><font color="#002bb8">Fadrique of Castile</font> </li><li>Fernando </li><li><font color="#002bb8">Enrique</font> </li><li>Felipe. Married <font color="#002bb8">Princess Kristina of Norway</font>. </li><li>Sancho </li><li><font color="#002bb8">Manuel</font> </li><li>Leonor </li><li>Berenguela. </li></ul><p><font color="#002bb8">Lucas de Tuy</font> affirms that there was another daughter:</p><ul><li>Maria </li></ul><p>Elisabeth was buried in the Royal Monastery of Huelgas de Burgos, next to King <font color="#002bb8">Enrique I</font>. Her son Alfonso transferred her body to Seville, where that of her husband rested.</p>Preceded&nbsp;by<br><strong><font color="#002bb8">Mafalda of Portugal</font></strong><strong><font color="#002bb8">Queen Consort of Castile</font></strong><br>1219&ndash;1235Succeeded&nbsp;by<br><strong><font color="#002bb8">Jeanne of Dammartin</font></strong>Preceded&nbsp;by<br><strong><font color="#002bb8">Berenguela of Castile</font></strong><strong><font color="#002bb8">Queen Consort of Le&oacute;n</font></strong><br>1219&ndash;1235<!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 319/1000000 Post-expand include size: 3294/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 1136/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 1/500 --><!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:9859504-0!1!0!default!!en!2 and timestamp 20081122130948 --><div>Retrieved from &quot;<font color="#5a3696">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hohenstaufen</font>&quot;</div><div><div><font color="#002bb8">Categories</font>: <span><font color="#002bb8">1203 births</font></span> | <span><font color="#002bb8">1235 deaths</font></span> | <span><font color="#002bb8">Hohenstaufen Dynasty</font></span> | <span><font color="#002bb8">House of Burgundy-Spain</font></span> | <span><font color="#002bb8">Castilian queen consorts</font></span> | <span><font color="#002bb8">Leonese queen consorts</font></span></div></div></div><!-- end of the left (by default at least) column --><div></div>

  • Story: Elizabeth Hohenstaufen 1202 - 1235

    <p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><strong><font size="5">Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen</font></strong> (called <strong>Beatriz de Suabia</strong> in Spanish) (1203 &ndash; 5 November 1235<sup><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></sup> in </font></font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Toro, Spain</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">), </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Queen of Castile</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> 1219-1235, Queen of </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Leon</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> 1230&ndash;1235. She was the fourth daughter of </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Philip</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Irene Angelina</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">, daughter of Emperor </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Isaac II Angelos</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> of the </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Byzantine Empire</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">.</font></p><p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">After the death of her father Philip, she became the ward of her cousin, </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Frederick, King of Sicily</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> (later Emperor Frederick II); he later married her to </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Ferdinand III</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">, King of Castile and Leon (called <em>the Saint</em>). The marriage was celebrated at the end of November of 1219 or 1220 in the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo in Carri&oacute;n de los Condes (Palencia). In Castile, she was known as <em>Beatriz</em>.</font></p><span><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Children of Elisabeth and Ferdinand</font></span><ul><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Alfonso X</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> (called <em>the Wise</em>)</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Fadrique of Castile</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Fernando, died without issue.</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Enrique</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Felipe. Married </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Princess Kristina of Norway</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">.</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Enrique &quot;the Senator&quot;, Lord of Ecija.</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo from 1251-1261.</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Manuel</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Leonor, died in infancy.</font></li><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Berenguela, nun in Las Huelgas, died in 1279.</font></li></ul><p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Lucas de Tuy</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000"> affirms that there was another daughter:</font></p><ul><li><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Maria, died in infancy.</font></li></ul><p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Elisabeth was buried in the Royal Monastery of Huelgas de Burgos, next to King </font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">Enrique I</font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000000">. Her son Alfonso transferred her body to Seville, where that of her husband rested.</font></p>

  • Story: Kingdom Of Castilla

    <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">1017-27 Regent Abbess Urraca Garciez de Covarrubias of Castilla&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Joint regent for nephew Count Garcia II (1110-17-29), after her brother, Sancho was killed. She was daughter of Cout Carcia I and was Abbess of Covarrubias, and ruled together with bishop Pedro of Burgos.<br><br><span>1</span>029<span>-32</span> <span>Heredtary </span>Countess </font><span><font face="Verdana" size="2">Munia </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2">Mayor<br></font><span><font face="Verdana" size="2">She took over the claims to the title after her brother Garcia II was </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2">assassinate<span>d, and her husband, </span>King Sancho III Garces de Navarra<span>, became Count of Castilla. After he was murdered in 1035 her son Fernando I became king of Castilla and Garcia V of Navarra. </span></font><span><font face="Verdana" size="2">She was daughter of Count Sancho de Castile (995-1017) and Urraca Perez. She lived (995-1032).<br><br></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2">1109-29 Queen Regnant Urraca I Alfonsez of Castilla and L&eacute;on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>In 1107 she reigned over her Dowry Galicia and Zamora which was given to her first husband, Count Raimond de Bourgogne, as a fief. She inherited the throne from her father King Alfonso VI Fernandez of Castile and Leon (1040 - 1109) in 1109.Her second marriage in the&nbsp;year 1109 to Alfonso I Perez de Aragon (d. 1134) ended in divorce in 1112. She also fought a war against her half-sister Tarasia of Portugal who tried to expand her territories. She died in childbed, unmarried and 46 years old. She was succeeded in 1128 by her son Alfonso VII Raymundez of Castile and Leon &quot;Imperator totus Hispaniae&quot; (d. 1157). Urraca lived (1082-1128/29).<br><br>1157-ca.58 Regent Dowager Queen Berengela Raimondo de Barcelona of Castilla, Leon and Galicia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>The widow of king Alfonso II (1105-57), she acted as regent for her son, King Fernando II (1137-57-88). She lived (1105-57). </font></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">1214 Regent Dowager Queen Leonor de Plantagenet of Castilla&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>Co-Regent for Enrique I (1214-17) and her daughter, Princess Bergengula became regent after her death. She was daughter of Duchess Leonora of Aquitanie and King Henry II of England. (d. 1214).<br><br>1214-15 Regent&nbsp;Princess Berenguela of Castilla<br>1217 Queen Regnant of Asturias-Le&oacute;n and Castilla<br>1217-19 Regent<br>1230 Regent in Le&oacute;n<br>First she governed in the name of her brother Enrique I (1204-14-15-17). Later she divorced - under Pope Innocent III&#39;s orders - from her second-degree cousin King Alfonso IX de Leon (King of Leon 1188 -1230). When her brother died in 1217, she renounced her rights in favour of her son, Fernando II de Castilla, and she acted as his regent, according to the Cronica Latina, her &quot;total intent and desire being to procure honor for her son in every way possible&quot;. She helped quell the rebellious nobles, and then arranged for Fernando to marry a high-born wife, Elisabeth of Swabia. She often found herself politically at odds with her former husband. Alfonso had two daughters, Sancha and Dulce, by an earlier wife, and wished to disinherit her children in favour of these daughters. To this end, he invited Jean de Brienne to marry his eldest daughter and thus inherit his kingdom. She sabotaged this plan by convincing Jean to marry her own daughter, also named Berenguela, instead. Later, in 1230 when Alfonso died, she and her son Fernando acted to set aside the rights of the older daughters, and seized the Leonese throne.&nbsp;She maintained close connections with her sister, Queen Blanche of France, and lived (1180-1246).</font></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">1275-1300 Politically Active Queen Violante de Arag&oacute;n of Castilla (Spain)<br>When her eldest son, Fernando de la Cerda, died suddenly, and her husband, Alfonso X of Castile, named their second son as heir instead of the sons of the Dowager Crown-Princess Blanche de France. Violante and her daughter-in-law escaped with the the children to Aragon, where Violante&rsquo;s brother was king. The two ladies tried to find supporters everywhere in Europe, and started to build up a political network bywriting letters to Blanche&#39;s mother Marguerite de Province, the French dowager queen, to other royals, to the pope and other important personalities. Finally, after negotiating, Violante returned home but never was really reconciled with her husband. Violante spent several years in Castile consecrating her life to pious works, but occasionally made her way back to the political scene supporting for<br>example her son Sancho, who had started a rebellion against her estranged husband, the king. (d. ca. 1300).<br><br>1275-1320 Politically Active Dowager Princess Blanche de France of Castilla (Spain)<br>After the death of her husband, the Castillian Heir, Prince Fernando de la Cerda, she started the fight to have her children, Alfonso de la Cerda and Ferdinando de la Cerda recognized as rightful heirs to the throne. She went in exile together with her mother-in-law, Violante de Arag&oacute;n. She received open support from the queens and princesses, creating thus a kind of female network in politics. After Violante reconziled with her husband, Blanche continued her fight until her brother signed a peace treaty with king Sancho IV of Castile and recognised him as king. She was forced to ratify that treaty as well and then she retired to a French nunnery. She lived (1253-1323).<br><br><span>1</span>295-1301 Regent Dowager Queen Mar&iacute;a de Alfonso de Molina of Castilla&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>1312-21 (&dagger;) Regent <br>Lady de Molina in her own right, she was widow of Sancho IV. As regent for her son, Ferdinando IV, she defended his throne against several pretenders, who were at various times supported by France, Arag&oacute;n, Portugal, Navarre, and Granada. After Ferdinando&rsquo;s death (1312), she acted as a guardian to her grandson Alfonso XI, while the regency was contested among his other relatives. <br><br></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">1369-94 Claimant to the Throne and Titular Queen Constanza of Castilla<br>Daughter of King Pedro I of Castillan and L&eacute;on, who was murdered in 1369. Since her brother had died in 1362 and her sister was a nun, she and her husband since 1371, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, persued the throne of her father, though unsuccessfully. </font><span><font size="2">Their daughter Catalina Plantagenet (1372-1418) married King Enrique III of Castile (1379&ndash;1406) of the Trastamara line.</font></span><font size="2"> She lived (1354-94),<br></font></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>1406-18 Regent Dowager Queen Catalina de Lancaster of Castilla&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Widow of Enrique III (1379-90-1406) she was joint regent with Fernando de Antequera for son, Juan II (1405-06-54). She was an active regent, involved in financial matters, using her influence in negotiation about matrimonies and peace-treaties in the most important European nations. She was daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine (1340-99) and his second wife, Constance, titular Queen of Castile (1354-94) whose father, Pedro I of Castile and Leon (1350-69), was succeeded by a brother. Catalina was considered heiress of Castilla and married her half-cousin, King Enrique, and became the mother of one son and two daughters, and lived (1374-1418).<br><br>1474-1504 Queen Isabel I de Trastamara of Castilla and Le&oacute;n&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>She was the daughter of Juan II of Castile and Le&oacute;n by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal. In 1469 she married Fernando de Arag&oacute;n. She succeeded her brother Enrico IV, but Alfonso V of Portugal, who supported the claim of her brother&#39;s daughter, Juana la Beltraneja, attacked Castile and Le&oacute;n but was defeated by the Castilian army in 1476. Three years later her husband became King Fernando V the Catholic of Arag&oacute;n. This union of the two main Spanish kingdoms laid the foundation of Spain&#39;s future greatness. They had five children, including Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII of England, and Juana the Mad. Isabella and her husband (known together as &quot;the Catholic monarchs&quot;) are remembered for initiating the Inquisition in 1478, for completing the reconquest of Spain from the Moors and for their ruthless expulsion of the Spanish Jews, both in 1492. That same year they sponsored Christopher Columbus&#39;s voyage, which led to the creation of the overseas Spanish colonial empire, bringing great wealth and power to Spain. She lived (1451-1504).<br><br>1474-76 Pretender Infanta Juana da Beltraneja of Castilla&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>In 1470 her father, Enrico IV appointed her heiress to the throne after he had disinherited Isabel after her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon. Rumors had it that she was the result of an affair between her mother, Juana of Portugal, and Beltr&aacute;n de la Cueva, and therefore the paternity was disputed, and therefore she was passed over in the succession in favour of her aunt, Queen Isabel I. She rebelled but in 1479 she signed off her rights to the throne and the following year she entered a convent in Portugal. Juana lived (1462-1530).<br><br>1504-55 Queen Juana I &nbsp;of Castilla, Des Asturias and Galicia<br>1516-55 Queen of Castilla, Leon, Granada, Toledo, Galicia, Sevilla, Cordova, Murcia, Jaen, the Algarves, Algenciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, the Indias, the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea <br>Her full title was By the Grace of God, Queen of Castilla, Aragon, Leon, Sicily, Grenada Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordova, Corsica, Murcia, Jaen, the Algarve, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, Countess of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdagne, Lady of Biscay and Molina, Duchess of Athens and Neopatria, Margravine of Oristano and Gocian<br>She succeeded her mother, Isabel I in 1505 and father Fernando in 1516. Her father had nominated her as heir of all his possession with her son as regent, because of her mental instability, which is why she is known as Juana la Loca. Her husband Felipe I was king and regent 1504-06 and her son, Carlos I (and V of the Holy Roman Empire) became king in 1516. Juana lived (1479-1555).<br>&nbsp;</font></p>

 
 
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