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Eleanor of Anjou, Queen of Sicily (1289-1341)

"Eleanor of Anjou (August 1289 – 9 August 1341) was Queen of Sicily as the wife of King Frederick III of Sicily. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou by birth.

She was the third daughter of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary.

Eleanor was firstly married in 1299 to Philip II de Toucy [es], son of Narjot de Toucy and Lucia of Tripoli. Their marriage was dissolved on 17 January 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII because they were related and had not sought permission from the pope to marry.

On 17 May 1302, Eleanor married secondly to Frederick III of Sicily. Her father and her new husband had been engaged in a war for ascendancy in the Mediterranean Sea and especially Sicily and the Mezzogiorno. The marriage was part of a diplomatic effort to establish peaceful relations which would lead to the Peace of Caltabellotta (19 August 1302)." - (en.wikipedia.org 13.06.2020)

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mother of Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria [daughter of], Frederick III of Sicily [father of]

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