Constance of Sicily (1324–1355)

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.

Ancestry

Family of Constance of Sicily (1324–1355)

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. Boleslaw the Pious 15. Elisabeth of Kalisz 31. Jolenta of Poland