Constance was the posthumous daughter of Roger II by his third wife Beatrice of Rethel.
Constance, unusually for … See more

Knowing that Sicily's Norman aristocracy would not welcome a Hohenstaufen king, William made the nobles, and the important men of his court, promise to recognize Constance's succession if he died without direct heirs… See more

While Henry moved quickly south with his army, a pregnant Constance followed at a slower pace. On 26 December, the day after Henry was crowned at Palermo, she gave birth to a son, named Constantine after hersel… See more

In May 1198, Constance had the three-year-old Frederick crowned King of Sicily with herself as regent. After Henry's death, initially she had upheld for her son the double title Romanorum et Sicilie Rex, but she aband… See more

Historian Vinicius Dreger writes that Constance was probably "maybe the most important woman of Western Europe in late twelfth century", yet "about her, as on most of her predecessors and contemporaries, we know litt… See more

Constance is present in a scene in the film about Joachim of Fiore "Joachim and the Apocalypse" by Jordan River. Playing Constance the Italian actress Elisabetta Pellini. See more