Beatrix of Sicily | |
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Born | 1260 Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 1307 Marquisate of Saluzzo |
Spouse | Manfred IV, Marquess of Saluzzo |
Issue | Catherine Frederick I, Marquess of Saluzzo |
House | Hohenstaufen |
Father | Manfred, King of Sicily |
Mother | Helena Angelina Doukaina |
Beatrix of Sicily or Beatrice di Sicilia ( Palermo, 1260 – Marquisate of Saluzzo, 1307) was a Sicilian princess. In 1296 she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo.
Beatrix was the daughter of Manfred of Sicily and his wife Helena Angelina Doukaina. [1] After the battle of Benevento, 26 February 1266, and the death of her father, Beatrix was imprisoned in Naples together with her family. [1] After 1271, she was transferred to Naples. [2] Beatrix regained her freedom only in 1284, after the Battle of the Gulf of Naples, thanks to Roger of Lauria. [2]
In 1286 Beatrix married Manfred IV, son of Thomas I, Marquess of Saluzzo. [3] In 1296, after his father-in-law's death, she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo.
Beatrix died in 1307.
Manfred and Beatrix had two children: