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Sibylla Burgundy


Sibylla of Burgundy

Sibylla of Burgundy (1126 – 16 September 1150 in Salerno) was the second queen consort of Roger II of Sicily.

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Family

She was a daughter of Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy and his wife Felicia-Matilda of Mayenne.

Her maternal grandparents were Gauthier, Count of Mayenne and Adelina de Presles.

Marriage, Issue and Death

In 1149, Sibylla married King Roger II of Sicily. On 29 August of that year, she gave birth to a son (apparently premature) called Henry, who died young.

One year later, she became pregnant a second time. Sibylla gave birth to a stillborn child and died of complications of the childbirth. She was buried in the church of the Monastery of La Trinità Cava de' Tirreni.

References

Sibylla of Burgundy Wikipedia