Constance of Sicily

Constance of Sicily, Dogaressa of Venice

Constance of Sicily, was a Sicilian Princess and the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Pietro Ziani (r. 1205–1229).

She was the daughter of Tancred, King of Sicily, and Sibylla of Acerra. She married the Doge in 1213, after the death of his former dogaressa Maria Baseggio. She is described as beautiful and dignified and the marriage as happy. There are several legends of her death.

From http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SICILY.htm#Tancreddied1194B

King Tancred & his wife Sibylla had [six] children:

6. CONSTANCE . The Thomas Tusci Gesta Imperatorum et Pontificum names (in order) "Alberia, Constantia et Madania" as the three daughters of "Tancredus [rex Siciliæ]" & his wife, specifying that Constance was "uxor Marcisiani ducis Venatorum" and that she had no sons[645]. She was confined with her mother and sisters at the convent of Hohenburg in Alsace. The Historia Ducum Veneticorum names "Constanciam…Tancredi regis Sycilie filiam" as second wife of Pietro Ziani[646]. According to William of Tyre (Continuator), Gauthier de Brienne married "l'autre suer [de sa feme] au fiz dou duc de Venese"[647].

m (1213) as his second wife, PIETRO Ziani Doge of Venice, son of SEBASTIANO Ziani Doge of Venice & his wife --- (-Santa Giustina 13 Mar 1230, bur Venice San Giorgio Maggiore).

References

• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibilla_di_Medania
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Sicily,_Dogaressa_of_Venice
• Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges, London : T. W. Laurie, 1910. Page 90 Archive.Org
• The Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples: In Two Volumes, Volume 1 By Pietro Giannone Page 629.GoogleBooks