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Bianca Lancia d'Agliano (also called Beatrice, c. 1210 – c. 1248), was an Italian noblewoman. She was the mistress and later, possibly the last wife of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II. The marriage was conducted while she was on her deathbed, therefore it was considered non-canonical.
Historical events and legends are linked. Bianca Lancia and Frederick II (of the Hohenstaufen) met between 1225 and 1230. Bianca had noble lineages. It is assumed that she was the daughter of Bonifacio I of Agliano, count of Agliano, and of Bianca Lancia, daughter of the Piedmontese Marquis Manfred I Lancia.
Frederick had a relationship with Bianca Lancia (c. 1200/10 – 1230/46), possibly starting around 1225. One source states that it lasted 20 years. One source states that it lasted 20 years. They had three children:
Feb 11, 2021 · That Bianca Lancia was the only woman Frederick II ever loved is something proven especially by those verses that have made it to present days, but what is the boundary between love and jealousy? Is it possible to truly love a woman and appropriate her freedom?
Apr 20, 2024 · Bianca Lancia d’Agliano (also called Beatrice, c. 1210 – c. 1248), was an Italian noblewoman. She was the mistress and later, possibly the last wife of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Friedrich II. The marriage was conducted while she was on her deathbed, therefore it was considered non-canonical.
The logic for that is that Isabella of England had died in 1241 and two sources, including Matthew Paris state that Frederick married Bianca Lancia on her deathbed. In order to turn his children with Bianca into legitimate offspring.
When Frederick II died there were four legitimate male descendants of the emperor, his son Konrad IV, elected king of the Romans, his son Henry, a mere six years old, but from most noble blood, his son Manfred from his relationship with Bianca Lancia who he had married on her deathbed.
