Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen

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Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (called Beatriz de Suabia in Spanish) (1203 – Toro, Spain, 1235), Queen of Castile 1219-1235, Queen of Leon 1230–1235. She was daughter of Philip, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and Irene Angelina, daughter of Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantine Empire.

After the death of Philip, she became the ward of her cousin, Frederick, King of Sicily (later Emperor Frederick II); he then married her to Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon (called the Saint), the marriage taking place at the end of the November of 1219 or 1220 in the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo in Carrión de los Condes (Palencia). In Castile, she was known as Beatriz.

[edit] Children of Elisabeth and Ferninand

• Alfonso X (called the Wise)
• Fadrique of Castile
• Fernando
• Enrique
• Felipe. Married Princess Kristina of Norway.
• Sancho
• Manuel
• Leonor
• Berenguela.

The Tudense affirms that there was another daughter:

• Maria

Elisabeth was buried in the Royal Monastery of Huelgas de Burgos, next to King Enrique I. Her son Alfonso transferred her body to Seville, where that of her husband rested.

Preceded by Mafalda of Portugal	Queen Consort of Castile 1219–1235	Succeeded by Jeanne of Dammartin
Preceded by Berenguela of Castile	Queen Consort of León 1219–1235