Constance of Sicily (regent)

Constance of Sicily (1324 – 22 October 1355) regent of Sicily in the name of her brother, King Louis. She was the daughter of king King Peter II and his wife, Elisabeth of Carinthia.

In 1352, she succeeded her mother as regent during the minority of her brother. Her regency was marked by conflicts between noble fractions was well as the black plague. In 1355, Louis died of the black death, shortly followed by her. She died unmarried. Her position as regent of Sicily was taken over by her sister Euphemia, who kept it until 1357.

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Family of Constance of Sicily (regent)

16. James I of Aragon               8. Peter III of Aragon                       17. Violant of Hungary               4. Frederick III of Sicily                             18. Manfred of Sicily               9. Constance of Sicily                       19. Beatrice of Savoy               2. Peter II of Sicily                                   20. Charles I of Naples               10. Charles II of Naples                       21. Beatrice of Provence               5. Eleanor of Anjou                             22. Stephen V of Hungary               11. Maria of Hungary                       23. Elisabeth the Cuman               1. Constance of Sicily                                         24. Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol               12. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia                       25. Adelaide of Tyrol               6. Otto III of Carinthia                             26. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria               13. Elisabeth of Bavaria                       27. Agnes of the Palatinate               3. Elisabeth of Carinthia                                   28. Bolesław II the Bald               14. Henry V, Duke of Legnica                       29. Hedwig of Anault               7. Euphemia of Legnica                             30. Bolesław the Pious               15. Elisabeth of Kalisz                       31. Jolenta of Poland