Irina Angelina ( Greek Ειρήνη Αντζελίνα ), after the adoption of Catholicism - Mary ( German Maria ) [1] (1181 - August 27, 1208) - Byzantine princess, daughter of Emperor Isaac II Angela .
| Irina | |||||||
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| Greek Ειρήνη Αντζελίνα | |||||||
 Irina and Philip of Swabia | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Constance of Hungary | ||||||
| Successor | Constance of Aragon | ||||||
| Birth | 1181 Constantinople , Byzantium | ||||||
| Death | August 27, 1208 | ||||||
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| Kind | Angels | ||||||
| Father | Isaac II Angel | ||||||
| Mother | Irina | ||||||
| Spouse | 1) Roger V 2) Philip of Swabia | ||||||
| Children | from 1st marriage: no from the 2nd marriage: Beatrice , Kunigund , Maria , Elizabeth , Reynald, Friedrich | ||||||
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Biography
In 1193 she married the Norman prince Roger , who bore the title of Duke of Puglia , but at the end of that year became a widow [2] .
On April 2/3, 1195, she became engaged to Philip , the Duke of Swabia . On May 25, 1197, she married him and the next year, thanks to an unexpected turn in the fate of her second husband, she became the German Empress.
Irina, or, as she was called in Germany , Maria, "a rose without thorns, a gentle little dove," as Walter von der Vogelweide sang, gained many admirers in Germany.
She died on August 27, 1208 from premature birth, having survived for two months her second husband, who was killed on June 21 of that year [3] .
Family
- The first husband is Roger V Duke of Puglia ; there were no children in this marriage.
- The second husband is Philip of Swabia [3] , in this marriage there were six children:
- Beatrice of Swabia (1198-1212), wife of Otto IV of Braunschweig (c. 1175/1176 - May 19, 1218), king of Germany from 1198, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1209-1215;
- Kunigunda of Swabia (1200-1248), Queen of the Czech Republic, wife of Vaclav I ;
- Maria of Swabia (1201-1235), wife of the Duke of Brabant Henry II ;
- Elizabeth of Swabia (1203-1235), Queen of Castile and Leon, wife of King of Castile Fernando III (future Saint Fernando III );
- Reynald;
- Friedrich [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Peter Csendes: Philipp von Schwaben. Ein Staufer im Kampf um die Macht. Darmstadt 2003, p. 145, 156, 159, 165 ..
- ↑ Norwich, J. The Rise and Sunset of the Sicilian Kingdom. Normans in Sicily: 1130–1194. M., 2005. ISBN 5-9524-1752-3 . .
- ↑ 1 2 PHILIPP von Schwaben Deutscher König + 1208 . www.manfred-hiebl.de. Date of treatment July 9, 2016.
- ↑ (ES) Acercamiento Mutuo de Espana y Alemania, Jaime Ferreiro Alemparte, España y Europa, un pasado jurídico común, ed. Antonio Pérez Martín, (Cometa SA, 1986), 181 ..
Literature
- Bruno W. Häuptli: IRENE (Angelou) von Byzanz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 28, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-413-7 , Sp. 858-862.
- Gunter Haug: Die Rose ohne Dorn. Irene von Byzanz, die Königin des Hohenstaufen. Landhege-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-943066-00-5 .
Links
- Bibliography about Irene Angelina (in German)
- Irene Angelina
- PHILIPP von Schwaben, Deutscher König
- Irina, daughter of Isaac II Angel // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.