Constance was the posthumous daughter of Roger II by his third wife Beatrice of Rethel.
Constance, unusually for a princess, was not betrothed until she was thirty, which later gave rise to … 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 abandoned the German claim after the coronation of … 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

Knowing that Sicily's Norman aristocracy would not welcome a Hohenstaufen king, William made the nobles, and the important men of his … 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 … See more

Historian Vinicius Dreger writes that Constance was probably "maybe the most important woman of Western Europe in late twelfth century", … See more

De Mulieribus Claris said that Constance was a daughter of King William I, and upon her birth a Calabrian abbot named Joachim told William that his daughter would cause the … See more