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Constance of Sicily, Dogaressa of Venice

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Parents
  
Tancred, King of Sicily

Grandparents
  
Emma de Lecce, Roger III, Duke of Apulia

Great-grandparents
  
Roger II of Sicily, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, Achard II, Count of Lecce

Similar
  
Tancred - King of Sicily, Roger III of Sicily, William III of Sicily

Constance of Sicily, was a Sicilian Princess and the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Pietro Ziani (r. 1205-1229).

She was the daughter of Tancred, King of Sicily, and Sibylla of Acerra. She married the Doge in 1213, after the death of his former dogaressa Maria Baseggio. She is described as beautiful and dignified and the marriage as happy. There are several legends of her death.

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Constance of Sicily, Dogaressa of Venice Wikipedia


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