Bianca Lancia d'Agliano (also called Beatrice; c. 1200 - c. 1233) was an Italian noblewoman, who was mistress and (according to some historians) wife of emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. She was the mother of Manfred of Sicily. Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. ... Manfred (c. ...

The castle of Brolo, near Messina, where Bianca Lancia lived after her meeting with Frederick II.

Bianca was a member of the Lancia (or Lanza) family of Piedmont, so-called since her ancestor Manfred had been lancifer of emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Province of Messina (ME) Mayor Elevation m Area 7. ... Messina, Italy Strait of Messina, Italy. ... Frederick in a 13th century Chronicle Frederick I (German: Friedrich I. von Hohenstaufen)(1122 – June 10, 1190), also known as Friedrich Barbarossa (Frederick Redbeard) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18, 1155. ...

She met with Frederick II, who was then married to Yolande of Jerusalem, in 1225 at Agliano, near Asti. Thenceforth the two maintained a relationship. Frederick reportedly married Bianca only in her last days of life, probably to legitimate their descendants, which included Constance II of Hohenstaufen (1230-1307), Manfred of Sicily (1232-1266) and, according to some sources, a daughter called Violante (1233-1264). Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, inherited the Kingdom of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. ... Agliano Terme is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km southeast of Turin and about 12 km southeast of Asti. ... Asti is a city and comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, about 80 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. ... Constance II of Hohenstaufen, also known as Constance II of Sicily and Ann of Sicily (1230 – April 1307) was the daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Bianca Lancia. ... Manfred (c. ...

According to many historians, Bianca Lancia was the only true love of Frederick II's life, while others consider it instead a romantic exaggeration, their marriage described as one of political-economical interest.

Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, inherited the Kingdom of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. ... The following is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: // Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071–1130 Roger I 1071–1101 Simon 1101–1105 Roger II 1105–1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130–1198 Roger II 1130–1154 William I 1154–1166 William II 1166–1189 Tancred... The wedding of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella. ... Empress Marguerite (1311–1356), Countess of Hainaut and Holland. ...

References

• Matthew of Paris, Mon. Germ. Hist. Scriptores XXVIII pp. 360-361

External links

• Biography (Italian)
• Lancia geneaology (Italian)