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Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was by marriage Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse. She was the seventh child of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage.
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Known for: daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaineand Henry II of England, Joan of England lived through kidnapping and shipwreck Occupation:English princess, Sicilian queen Dates:October 1165 - September 4, 1199 Also known as:Joanna of Sicily
Born in Anjou, Joan of England was the second youngest of the children of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England. Joan was born in Angers, grew up mainly in Poitiers, at the Fontevrault Abbey, and at Winchester. In 1176, Joan's father agreed to her marriage to William II of Sicily. As was typical for royal daughters, the marriage served polit...
Mother: Eleanor of AquitaineFather: Henry II of EnglandSiblings:husband: William II of Sicily (married February 13, 1177)husband: Raymond VI of Toulouse (married October 1196)- Jone Johnson Lewis
Joan of England. queen of Sicily. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Richard I. In Richard I: Sicily. …imprisoned the late king’s wife, Joan of England (Richard’s sister), and denied her possession of her dower.
Feb 5, 2018 · On May 20, 1176 she was betrothed to King William II of Sicily and by August 27th she had left home, making what would be a long and dangerous voyage to her new husband’s court. On February 13, 1177, Joan married William and was crowned queen of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
That Joan of England never produced a surviving heir to the Sicilian throne is historically significant because it heralded the effective end of the Hauteville dynasty of Norman kings of Sicily. Yet, she is an interesting figure, and part of a wider Anglo-Norman influence in twelfth-century Sicily - and a witness to great historic events that ...
Joan of England. October 1165 - 4 September 1199. House: Plantagenet, Angevin. Titles: Queen consort of Sicily, Countess consort of Toulouse
Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was by marriage Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse. She was the seventh child of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. From her birth, she was destined to make a political and royal marriage.
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