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Plantagenet Sicily

Note this is an expansion of an earlier thread..


On 1196, Richard I, King of England requested the annulment and the release of the Princess’ Berengaria’s obligation to marry Berengaria of Castile due to the protests of Eleanor of Aquitaine who did not want a Hohenstaufen possibly ruling Castile, Richard I offered Eleanor of Brittany as her replacement, the marriage was accepted and Eleanor of Brittany was left in Swabia to marry the German Prince, the prince had recently narrowly avoided his death, earlier, she has been betrothed to an Austrian Babenberg Prince but the betrothal came to nothing because his father was excommunicated by the pope.


Princess Berengaria of Castile is married to Peter of Aragon in the earlier part of 1197 as suggested by Eleanor of Aquitaine and instead in exchange for her claims to the Counties of Provence and Toulouse, Richeza/Matilda is the one married to Alfonso of Leon, who is divorced due to consanguinity and affinity due to being related to Geoffrey of Perche but their children are legitimate, compared to Berengaria she lacks the issues that Berengaria has and they are few years apart, she took the name Mafalda.


The arrangement of the two marriages they said would be in the benefit of the Plantagenets, especially the Eleanor of Brittany marriage because since Eleanor of Brittany married Conrad and Conrad was crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor with his wife Eleanor of Brittany, the Welfs have been silenced till the death of her first husband in 1208, she is the ancestor of the German and the Polish nobility due to her marriage as well as the Italian nobility in her second marriage, the union between Emperor, the two only produced four daughters until her first husband died due to crusade, she remarried to Azzo VI of Este as suggested by her Welf cousins, he was the love of her life.


Eleanor of Brittany m. Conrad of Swabia m. 1196 d.1208(a) m. 1209 Azzo of Este(b)

1a)Agnes of Hohenstaufen 1197

2a)Eleanor of Hohenstaufen 1200

3a)Marie of Hohenstaufen 1203

4a)Alix of Hohenstaufen 1206

5b)Ferdinando of Este(Ferdinand Welf) of Ferrara 1209

6b)Alfonso of Ferrara(Alphonse Welf) 1210

7b)Isabella of Ferrara(Elisabeth Welf) 1212

8b)Constanza of Ferrara(Constance) 1215



In the side of the Aragonese they would use the marriage with Berengaria against the French and the Tolsans..


Berengaria of Castile m. Peter of Aragon

Eleanor of Aragon b. 1199

Ferdinand of Aragon b. 1201

Berengaria of Aragon b. 1204

Alix of Aragon(abess) b. 1210

Richard of Aragon b. 1212


Countering the marriage between Ingeborg and Philippe by marrying his presumptive heir to Richeza of Denmark, the marriage arrangement was made soon in 1198, however it was cancelled but rather decided that Richeza would marry Ferdinand of Castille.

to be continued...
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