biography
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Costanza d'Altavilla
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pronunciation:
[kostanza daltaveel
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1146–98)
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| biography:
| Holy Roman Empress, the daughter of Ruggero II, King of Sicily. In 1186 she married Henry VI, heir to Frederick Barbarossa. She was imprisoned by her nephew, Tancredi, who staked a claim on the Sicilian crown, but was freed by Pope Celestine III. After Henry's death (1195) she tried to oppose German influence; she had Frederick II crowned King of Sicily in 1198 and made Pope Innocent III his guardian. |
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