Constance of Sicily (regent)

Constance of Sicily (1324 – 22 October 1355) regent of Sicily in the name of her brother, King Louis. She was the daughter of king King Peter II and his wife, Elisabeth of Carinthia.

In 1352, she succeeded her mother as regent during the minority of her brother. Her regency was marked by conflicts between noble fractions was well as the black plague. In 1355, Louis died of the black death, shortly followed by her. She died unmarried. Her position as regent of Sicily was taken over by her sister Euphemia, who kept it until 1357.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Constance of Sicily (regent)

16. James I of Aragon

8. Peter III of Aragon

17. Violant of Hungary

4. Frederick III of Sicily

18. Manfred of Sicily

9. Constance of Sicily

19. Beatrice of Savoy

2. Peter II of Sicily

20. Charles I of Naples

10. Charles II of Naples

21. Beatrice of Provence

5. Eleanor of Anjou

22. Stephen V of Hungary

11. Maria of Hungary

23. Elisabeth the Cuman

1. Constance of Sicily

24. Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol

12. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

25. Adelaide of Tyrol

6. Otto III of Carinthia

26. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

13. Elisabeth of Bavaria

27. Agnes of the Palatinate

3. Elisabeth of Carinthia

28. Bolesław II the Bald

14. Henry V, Duke of Legnica

29. Hedwig of Anault

7. Euphemia of Legnica

30. Bolesław the Pious

15. Elisabeth of Kalisz

31. Jolenta of Poland

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