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Birth:          1249 Catania, Italy
Death:          1302 Barcelona

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Sicily,_Queen_of_Aragon
Constance of Sicily (1249 – 9 April 1302) was Queen of Aragon as the wife of King 
Peter III and a pretender to the Kingdom of Sicily (as Constance II) from 1268 to 
1285.[1] She was the only daughter of King Manfred of Sicily and his first wife, 
Beatrice of Savoy.
Life[edit]

Constance was largely raised by Bella d'Amichi, who remained her favorite and 
confidante as queen.[2] On 13 June 1262, Constance married Peter, eldest son of 
King James I of Aragon. Her father was killed in the Battle of Benevento (26 February 
1266) while fighting against his rival, Charles of Anjou. She inherited his claim to the 
Sicilian throne.

James I died on 27 July 1276 and Peter succeeded to the throne, with Constance as 
queen. During the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), Peter and then their sons 
claimed the throne of Sicily in her right. The war resulted in the partition of the 
Kingdom of Sicily and the creation of the Kingdom of Trinacria under her heirs and the 
Kingdom of Naples under the heirs of Charles of Anjou.

Peter III died on 2 November 1285. Constance died as a nun in Barcelona.

Children[edit]

Constantia and Peter III of Aragon had six children:
Alfonso III of Aragon (1265 – 18 June 1291).
James II of Aragon (10 August 1267 – 2 November 1327).
Elizabeth of Aragon (1271 – 4 July 1336). Married Denis of Portugal.
Frederick III of Sicily (13 December 1272 – 25 June 1337).
Yolanda of Aragon (1273 – August, 1302). Married Robert of Naples.
Peter of Aragon (1275 – 25 August 1296). Married Guillemette of Béarn, daughter of 
Gaston VII of Montcada, Viscount of Béarn.

Parents
____ Manfred (1232 - 26 Feb 1266)
OF SAVOY Beatrice (ABT 1213 - 1259)

Siblings
OF SICILY Constance (Costanza) (1249 - 1302)

Marriage To OF ARAGON Pedro III "the Great" (1239 - 2 Nov 1285)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Jaime I "The Conqueror" (1 Feb 1207 - 25 Jul 1276)
____ Yolande (Jolan) (ABT 1215 - 12 Oct 1251)

Children by OF ARAGON Pedro III "the Great" 1239 - 2 Nov 1285
____ Elizabeth (Isabel) (4 Jan 1271 - 4 Jul 1336)

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