Genealogy " A coat-hanger for history"

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Leo van de Pas

Genealogy " A coat-hanger for history"

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 28 jan 2007 10:01:32

Sometimes you just have to wonder........................

Surely "The Sicilian Vespers" by Steven Runciman is beyond reproach?

I am fascinated by Emperor Friedrich II and his descendants and then I found this book with an incredible description.

Paperback version page 30 deals with the relationship of Friedrich II's son Conrad with Pope Innocent.

......but in January 1254 Conrad publicly accused the Pope of usurpation and heresy and in February Innocent retorted by excommunication of Conrad. War was inevitable; and Conrad was in the better position. The Pope's attempt to preach a new Crusade against the Hohenstaufen was ill-received. In France the Queen-Regent Blanche threatened to confiscate the lands of anyone who obeyed his call.

Then it continues to tell that Conrad fell ill and died on 21 May 1254.

We are talking about 1254, and Blanche of Castile, Queen-Regent of France 1226-1236, died 27 November 1252.

Does anyone know what is wrong? Friedrich II died in 1250 and Blanche ceased to be regent in 1236, did the dispute between the pope and Conrad start earlier? Or was Louis IX (king from 1226, ruler 1236-1270) out of the country and there was a regent? Was it his wife Marguerite de Provence who dared defy the pope?

Can anyone tell?

With best wishes
Leo van de Pas,
Canberra, Australia

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