Irene Angelina

In 1193 she married Roger III Of Sicily , but he died on 24 December , 1193 . Irene was captured in the German invasion of Sicily , on 29 December , 1194 , and was married on 25 May , 1197 to Philip Of Swabia .

Her father, who had been deposed in 1195, urged her to get Philip's support for his reinstatement; her brother, Alexius , subsequently spent some time at Philip's court during the preparations for the Fourth Crusade . She thus had an early influence on the eventual diversion of the Crusade to Constantinople in 1204 .

She was described by Walther Von Der Vogelweide as "the rose without a thorn, the dove without guile."

Philip and Irene had four daughters:

Beatrice of Hohenstaufen ( 1198 - 1212 ), married Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Cunigunde of Hohenstaufen ( 1200 - 1248 ), married King Wenceslaus I, King Of Bohemia

Mary of Hohenstaufen ( 1201 - 1235 ), married Henry II, Duke Of Brabant

Elizabeth of Hohenstaufen ( 1203 - 1235 ), married King Ferdinand III Of Castile

SOURCES

''O city of Byzantium: annals of Niketas Choniates'' tr. Harry J. Magoulias (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1984).

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