| Eleanor of Anjou | |
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.jpg) Eleanor with her sisters in theBible of Naples | |
| Queen consort of Sicily | |
| Tenure | 17 May 1302 – 25 June 1337 |
| Born | August 1289 |
| Died | 9 August 1341(1341-08-09) (aged 51–52) |
| Spouse | Philippe II de Toucy Frederick III of Sicily |
| Issue Among Others | Peter II of Sicily Manfred, Duke of Athens and Neopatria Constance, Queen of Cyprus Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria William, Prince of Taranto John, Duke of Randazzo |
| House | Anjou-Sicily |
| Father | KingCharles II of Naples |
| Mother | Mary of Hungary |
Eleanor of Anjou (August 1289 – 9 August 1341) wasQueen of Sicily as the wife of KingFrederick III of Sicily. She was a member of theCapetian House of Anjou by birth.
She was the third daughter of KingCharles II of Naples andMary of Hungary.[1]
Eleanor was firstly married in 1299 to Philippe II de Toucy, son ofNarjot de Toucy, Lord of Laterza, andLucia of Tripoli. Their marriage was dissolved on 17 January 1300 byPope Boniface VIII because they were related and had not sought permission from the pope to marry.
On 17 May 1302, Eleanor married secondly to theKing of Sicily, Frederick II.[2] Her father and her new husband had been engaged in a war for ascendancy in theMediterranean Sea and especiallySicily and theMezzogiorno. The marriage was part of a diplomatic effort to establish peaceful relations which would lead to thePeace of Caltabellotta (19 August 1302).
The peace divided the oldKingdom of Sicily into an island portion and a peninsular portion. The island, called the Kingdom ofTrinacria, went to Frederick, who had been ruling it, and the Mezzogiorno, called the Kingdom of Sicily contemporaneously, but called the Kingdom of Naples by modern scholarship, went to Charles II, who had been ruling it. Thus, the peace was formal recognition of an uneasystatus quo.
Eleanor died on the 9 August 1341 at the Monastery of San Nicolo di Arena (Catania), she had been a widow since 1337. She was buried at a Franciscan monastery inCatania.
Eleanor and Frederick had nine children:
Eleanor of Anjou Cadet branch of theHouse of Capet Born: August 1289 Died: 9 August 1341 | ||
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| Preceded by | Queen consort of Sicily 17 May 1302 – 25 June 1337 | Succeeded by |
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