The Imperial Family of Hohenstaufen

This will be an account of the Hohenstaufen family, the greatest family of emperors between the Carolingians and the Habsburgs.

The earliest ancestor was one Friedrich Gf im Sundergau 1003, father of [besides a dau., Adelheid, wife of Mangold Pfgf von Schwaben] Friedrich von Büren (d.ca 1068), who had issue:
1.Friedrich I von Staufen, Duke of Swabia 1079, d.1105; m.1086/7 Agnes (d.1143) dau.of Emperor Heinrich IV
1.1.Duke Friedrich II of Swabia, b.1090, d.Alzey 1147); m.1st Judith, dau.of Duke Heinrich of Bavaria; m.2d 1135 Agnes, dau.of Gf Friedrich von Saarbrücken
[by 1st m.]:
1.1.1.Emperor Friedrich I "Barbarossa" (b.ca 1122, drowned in Asia Minor 1190); m.1st 1147 (div 1153) Adelheid, dau.of Mgve Diephold III von Vohburg; m.2d Würzburg 1156 Beatrix (d.1184) dau.of Cte Renaud de Bourgogne; all kids were by 2d m.
1.1.1.1.Duke Friedrich V of Swabia (b.Pavia 1164, d.1168/70)
1.1.1.2.Emperor Heinrich VI (b.Nimwegen 1165, d.Messina 1197); m.Milan 1186 Constanza (1154-1198) dau.and heiress of King Roger II of Sicily
1.1.1.2.1.Emperor Friedrich II (b.Lesi 1194, d.Castel Fiorentino 1250); m.1st Messina 1209 Constanza (d.Catania 1222) dau.of King Alfonso II of Aragon; m.2d Brindisi 1225 Yolande (b.1211, d.Andria 1228) dau.of Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem; m.3d 1233/4 Bianca Lancia (d.1233/4); m.4th Worms 1235 Isabella (1217-1241) dau.of King John of England
1.1.1.2.1.1.Heinrich VII, German King, King of Sicliy (b.1211, d.Martorano 1248); m.Nürnberg 1225 Margarete (d.Burg Krummau 1267) dau.of Duke Leopold VI of Austria
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.Heinrich, d.1242/5
1.1.1.2.1.1.2.Friedrich, d.1251
1.1.1.2.1.2.Konrad IV, German King (b.Andria 1228, d.nr Lavello 1254); m.Vohburg 1246 Elisabeth (1227-1273) dau.of Duke Otto of Bavaria
1.1.1.2.1.2.1.Konradin, King of Sicily, Duke of Swabia (b.Burg Wolfstein 1252, beheaded at Naples 1268)
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.[illegitimate] Kpnradin, hanged at Lucera 1269.m___________
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.Attilda,m.Pietro Luca de Perrigrino
1.1.1.2.1.3.(illegitimate from Bianca Lancia) King Manfredo of Sicily (b.1232, k.a.Benevento 1266); m.1st 1248/9 Beatrice, dau.of Ct Amadeo of Savoy; m.2d Trani 1259 Helena Angelina (b.ca 1242, d.in prison at Lucera 1271)
[by 1st m.]:
1.1.1.2.1.3.1.Constanza (b.1249, d.Barcelona 1301); m.Montpellier 1262 King Pedro III of Aragon (d.1285)
[by 2d m.]:
1.1.1.2.1.3.2.Federico, d.after 2 Jun 1312
1.1.1.2.1.3.3.Enrico, b.ca 1262, d.1318
1.1.1.2.1.3.4.Enzio, d.by 1301
1.1.1.2.1.3.5.Flordelis, d.after 27 Feb 1297
1.1.1.2.1.3.6.Beatrice, d.ca 1307; m.1287 Marchese Manfredo di Saluzzo
1.1.1.2.1.3.7.[illegitimate] Beatrice fl 1284; m.Ranieri della Gherardesca Cte di Donoratico (d.1325)
1.1.1.2.1.4.Constanza, b.1230/2, d.Valencia 1307; m.1244 Joannes III Dukas, Emperor of Byzantium (d.1254)
1.1.1.2.1.5.Violante, b.before 1233, d.after summer 1264; m.1245/6 Cte Ricardo di Caserta
1.1.1.2.1.6.Margarete (b.1237, d.Frankfurt 1270); m.1254/5 Ldgve Albrecht of Thuringia, Mgve of Meissen (d.1315)
1.1.1.2.1.7.Heinrich, Stattholder in Sicily (1238-1253/4)
1.1.1.2.1.8.Friedrich, b.1239/40, d.young
1.1.1.2.1.9.a child, b.Foggia shortly after 1 Dec 1241
[illegitimate by Adelheid N]:
1.1.1.2.1.10.Enzio, King of Torre and Galura (Sardinia) (b.ca 1220, d.Bologna 1272); m.1st (div 1246) Adelasia de Lacon-Gunale, heiress of Torre-Galura; m.2d 1247/8 a dau of Enrico, Podesta of Verona
1.1.1.2.1.10.1.[by 2d m.] Adelaide, d.after 1301; m.1st NN; m.2d Reinlad von Urslingen (d.1300/1)
1.1.1.2.1.10.2.[illegitimate] Enrico, d.after 10 May 1305
1.1.1.2.1.10.3.[illegitimate] Maddalena, d.after 7 Mar 1272
1.1.1.2.1.10.4.[illegitimate] Constanza, d.after 7 Mar 1272
1.1.1.2.1.10.5.[illegitimate by Frasca N] Elena fl 1235/72; m.Guelfo della Gherardesca Cte di Donoratico (d.1295)
[illegitimate by unknown mothers]:
1.1.1.2.1.11.Federico, Pr of Antioch, Podesta of Florence, d.Foggia 1256; m.before 1239 Margherita de Poli
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.Corrado de Antiocha Cte di Loreto, di Alba, Celano, Laureto & Abruzzo, d.after 1301, b.1240; m.1258 Beatrice Lancia
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.1.Federico, Cte di Loreto..., married Beatrice Vassallo di Bauvso, d.Palermo 1305
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.1.1.Corrado, d.after (1320)
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.1.2.Constanza; m. Guglielmo di Ragusa, Barone di Gomerino, Malta.
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.2.Bartolomeo, Archbishop of Palermo 1305/11, d.Palermo 1311
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.3.Francesco, Archbishop of Palermo 1311/20, d.Palermo 1320
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.4.Corrado, d.after 1300
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.5.Costanza; m.Bartolomeo della Scala, lord of Verona (d.1304)
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.6.Imperatrice; m.Federico della Scala sn di Valpolicella (d.ca 1349)
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.7.Govanna, d.Verona 1351; m.1308 Cangrande della Scala, lord of Verona (d.1329)
1.1.1.2.1.11.1.8.Eleonore, m Baron Vassallo de Vassallo di Bavuso
1.1.1.2.1.11.2.Filippa (ca 1242-1273); m.ca 1259 Marchese Manfredo Maletta
1.1.1.2.1.12.Gerardo, d.by 1255
1.1.1.2.1.13.Selvaggia, d.1244; m.Verona 1238 Ezzelino di Romano, Podesta of Verona
1.1.1.2.1.14.Margherita de Suevia, d.1297/8; m.1247 Tommaso d'Aquino, Cte d'Acerra (d.1273)
1.1.1.2.1.15.Caterina da Marano, d.after 1272; m.1st NN; m.2d 1247 Marchese Giacomo di Caretto Marchese di Savona (d.1268)
1.1.1.2.1.16.Blanceflor, d.Montargis 1279
1.1.1.2.1.17.Riccardo Cte di Chieti, d.1249
1.1.1.2.1.18.Federico di Pettorano; he fled with his wife and children to Spain
1.1.1.3.Otto Pfgf of Burgundy (b.ca 1170, d.Besançon 1200); m.ca 1190 Marguerite de Blois (d.1230)
1.1.1.3.1.Johanna, b.ca 1191, d.1205/8
1.1.1.3.2.Beatrix, heiress of the Pfgfschaft Burgund (ca 1192-1231); m.1208 Otto I von Andechs Duke von Meran (d.1234)
1.1.1.3.3.[illegitimate] Hugo fl 1203
1.1.1.4.Duke Konrad of Swabia (b.ca 1172, d.Durlach 1196)
1.1.1.5.Philipp, Duke of Spoleto, German King (b.ca 1176, murdered at Bamberg 1208); m.1197 Irene (d.1208) dau.of Emperor Isaakos II Angelos of Byzantium (d.1208)
1.1.1.5.1.Beatrix (ca 1198-1212); m.1212 Emperor Otto IV, Duke of Brunswick (d.1218)
1.1.1.5.2.Kunigunde (ca 1200-1248); m.1224 King Wenzel I of Bohemia (d.1253)
1.1.1.5.3.Maria (ca 1201-1235); m.Duke Henry II of Brabant (d.1248)
1.1.1.5.4.Elisabeth (ca 1202-1235); m.1219 King Fernando III of Castile (d.1252)
1.1.1.5.5.Reinald, d.young
1.1.1.5.6.Friedrich, b.1206, d.young
1.1.1.5.7.Beatrix, b.and d.1208
1.1.1.6.Beatrix, b.1160/2, d.by 1174
1.1.1.7.Agnes (ca 1180-1184)
(1.1.1.8.Sofie (d.1187/8); m.Mgve William VI of Montferrat (d.1225))
1.1.2.Konrad Pfgf bei Rhein (ca 1135-1195);m.1st N von Sponheim; m.2d ca 1159 Irmgard (d.1197) dau.of Ct Berthold I von Henneberg
1.1.2.1.Gottfried, d.1187/8; m.Agnes N
1.1.2.1.1.Friedrich von Staufen
1.1.2.2.Friedrich, d.by 1189
1.1.2.3.Konrad, d.ca 1186
1.1.2.4.Agnes (1176-1204); m.1194 Heinrich von Braunschweig Pfgf bei Rhein (d.1227)
1.1.3.Bertha (ca 1123-ca 1195); m.Duke Matthias I of Lorraine (d.1176)
1.1.4.Jutta (ca 1135-1191); m.1150 Ldgve Ludwig II of Thuringia (d.1172)
1.2.Konrad III, German King (1093-1152); m.1st ca 1115 Gertrud von Komburg (d.1130/1); m.2d before 1134 Gertrud (d.1146) dau.of Gf Berengar II von Sulzbach
1.2.1.Heinrich-Berengar (1137-1150)
1.2.2.Friedrich IV of Swabia (ca 1145-1167); m.Gertrud (d.1196) dau.of Duke Heinrich of Saxony
1.2.3.a dau. [by 1st m.]; m.Gr Pr Isjaslaw of Kiev
1.2.4.Bertha [by 1st m.]
1.2.5.Gertrud [by 1st m.]
1.2.6.[illegitimate by Gerberga N] Sophia, d.after 1135/40; m.Konrad von Pfitzingen
1.2.7.[illegitimate by Gerberga N] Leopold
1.2.8.[illegitimate by Gerberga N] Konstantin von Lochgarten
1.2.9.[illegitimate by Gerberga N] Giselbert von Hotingen
1.2.9.1.Petrissa, d.1160/5; m.Adeldegen
1.2.10.[illegitimate by Gerberga N] Ludmilla von Vellberg, auch von Langenberg; m.N von Vellberg
1.3.Gertrud (ca 1104-1191); m.1125/30 Hermann von Stahleck Pfgf of Lorraine
1.4.Heilika; m.Friedrich von Lengenfeld
1.5.Bertrada; m.Adalbert Gf
1.6.Hildegardis
1.7.Giselhildis
1.8.Heinrich, d.by 1102
1.9.Beatrix
1.10.Kunigunde; m.Heinrich Hg
1.11.Sophia; m.Adalbert Gf
2.Otto, Bp of Strassburg (ca 1050-1100)
3.Ludwig Pfgf von Schwaben (ca 1055-1095/7)
4.Walther fl 1094
5.Konrad fl 1094
6.Adelheid fl 1094

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