Euphemia of Sicily

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Euphemia of Sicily (1330–1359) was regent of Sicily from 1355 until 1357 during the minority of her brother, King Frederick the Simple. She was the daughter of King Peter II and his wife, Elisabeth of Carinthia.

In 1355 she succeeded her sister Constance as regent, after the latter succumbed to the Black Death. Euphemia died unmarried in 1359.

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Ancestry

Ancestors of Euphemia of Sicily

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. Euphemia 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

External links

http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1350.htm

Persondata
Name	Euphemia of Sicily
Alternative names
Short description	Sicilian princess and regent
Date of birth	1330
Place of birth
Date of death	1359
Place of death

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